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Fri 17 May 1957 - The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995)
Page 1 - U.K. EXPLODES H-BOMB AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
LONDON, Thursday ( A. A.P.-Reuter ) .-Britain yesterday
exploded its first hydrogen bomb, high over the Central
Pacific Ocean#
; The Daily Mail said that the surprise explosion-at least
three weeks ahead of original calculations-was the result of a
direction from the Prime Minister* Mr, Macmillan.
t The newspaper sa!d
fhtf Mr.. Macmillan had
speeded the tosis so that
Britain could make sure
its weapons worked be-,
fore beginning talks with
^Russia and the United
States about the ban
ning of nuclear weapons.
Other London newspapers
noted that Britain, was now
the third worldVpower to
have."the great deterrent."
Although the Ministry of
Supply gave no details of
the blast in its announce
ment, but Tha News
Chronicle said that the
bomb was likely to have
been the equivalent to
about two millions tons of
T.N.T. , ' '
The Prime Minister, Mr.
Macmillan, told the Com
mons this afternoon that
local fallout had been al
most negligible, according
to first reports.
As Planned
He said reports had In
dicated that the test had
goiie as planned and the
explosion took place, at a
high altitude,
. Mr. Macmillan described
the test as a nuclear ex
plosion, but did not contra
dict others who referred to
it &3 an H-bomb explosion.
The leader of the Opposi
tion, Mr. Gaitskell, had
asked if the Prime Minister
had seen press reports tlia';
in Japan the effects of the
test' had been as great as
the United States H-bomb
explosion at Bikini and
more prolonged.
Mr. John F^rachev, form
er Labour War Minister,
asked: Now that the ability
of this countiy to detonate
4 hydrogen weapon lias
been proved, can you tell us
what obstruction is there
to agreement with Ger
many and other govern
ments wishing to suspend
the tests?
Mr. Macmillan: We shall,
of course, continue the ser
ies .'of tests.
Tlie explosion-first of a
series near Christmas Is
land-came on the eve of
the beginning of the United
States' summer nuclear test
series, running until Sep
tember; in the Nevada des
ert.
Evaluation
The Ministry of Supply
said that scientific records
were being collected for
accurate evaluation and an
other statement would be
made later.
A Daily Mail report to
day said that the bomb was
dropped from a height milc3
and exploded three miles
above the sea.
Three other Valiants cir/i
ling in the area saw the
blast and then twin-jet
Canberra aircraft flew in
to collect samples of the
turbulent upper air to check
the extent of radio-activity.
The test was also seen by
a ring _.of' naval vessels
which made sure that the
lonely ocean reaches .chos
en for the test were clear.
Foiled Japs
Britain's H-bomb success
in the Pacific meant that
the serious Japanese threat
to interfere with the test
had been foiled, The Lon
don Daily Express to-day
reported.
Meanwhile in Tokyo, the
president of the Japanese
Anti-Bomb Test Council,
Kaoru Yasui, said his or
ganisation "believed" that
about 15 Japanese fishing'
vessels were operating in
the British test area and
"they might have suffered
damage."
Mr. Yasui .also said he be
lieved that world public
opinion would "explode in
anger" that Britain-should
have gone her own way
in defiance of opinion.
The Daily Express said
that the U.K. Government
was greaitly disturbed by
foreign office warnings that
tthe Japanese might send uo
to 1,000 small ships into the
750,000 square mile danger
area selected for the test.
It said the Foreign Office
warned defence chiefs that
the tests must be completed
early this summer because
tt might soon be impossible
to stave off the growing.de- .
mand for banning H-bomb
explosions.
IJ.S. Reaction
Britain's emergence as a
"hydrogen power" along
side the U.S. and Soviet
Russia has been welcomed
in official Washington as a
highly significant contribu
tion to Free World strength.
Government circles in
Washington regarded Brit
ain's demonstrated mastery
of H-weapon technique as
an event of historic im
portance to the Free World
and to Western Europe , in
particular, Reuter report
ed.
President Eisenhower and
tthe Secretary of State, Mr.
Dulles, were understood to.,
have been informed im
mediately the news reached
Washington.
Article identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91588679
Page identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page7145909
APA citation
U.K. EXPLODES H-BOMB AHEAD OF SCHEDULE (1957, May 17).The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 1. Retrieved November 10, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91588679
MLA citation
"U.K. EXPLODES H-BOMB AHEAD OF SCHEDULE"The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) 17 May 1957: 1. Web. 10 Nov 2021 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91588679>.
Harvard/Australian citation
1957 'U.K. EXPLODES H-BOMB AHEAD OF SCHEDULE',The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), 17 May, p. 1. , viewed 10 Nov 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91588679
Wikipedia citation
{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91588679 |title=U.K. EXPLODES H-BOMB AHEAD OF SCHEDULE |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=31, |issue=9,171 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=17 May 1957 |accessdate=10 November 2021 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}

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