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Chinese Atomic Bomb

China · Warfare / Nuclear. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1964Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1964

Mao Zedong16 October 1964

Lop Nur · Warfare / Nuclear

China tests its first atomic bomb using uranium programme infrastructure.

Names involved

Mao Zedong

Provenance

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