16 October 1964
China First Nuclear Test
China conducts its first nuclear test at Lop Nur and becomes the fifth nuclear-weapon state.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Lop Nur in China. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
China conducts its first nuclear test at Lop Nur and becomes the fifth nuclear-weapon state.
China tests its first atomic bomb using uranium programme infrastructure.
China conducts its final nuclear test before announcing a testing moratorium.
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