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jd her two H-bombs off

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little ones” are now claim at the second one is the st ever.” biggest droppable bomb any qual to about 5,000,000 tons r. The US and the Soviet have built bigger ones—but >t yet devised means of trans them into enemy territory. ver, one pre-blast claim by itish appears to have been 1: so far as available reports V “haven’t hurt a fly.” Even which has its home islands by touchy gentlemen with ;ounters, concedes that they een “clean-bombs” with no ctive fall-out. 16 Europeans and 350 natives nning Island, nearest to las, felt, heard and experi lothing on the day of the plosion. Neither have there my adverse reports from i, closest inhabited island to , where some of the tests pected to be made. have been no accidents with ctable wind changes and ,ng has gone to schedule. In it can be regarded as a i for British scientists and ?n a badly needed boost to prestige—which was, God badly nfeeded. ) with a Christmas Island a view of all that went be uld have been fatal in more an one. believed that there will be explosion in the present What is to hanpen to as Island after the series not known; but as the tests en (so far) successful, and UK has spent so much on allations, it is unlikely that be entirely relinquished.