Operation Grapple - Shot Z3
Kiribati /
Tabuaeran /
Nabari /
World
/ Kiribati
/ Tabuaeran
/ Nabari
military, nuclear testing area

The third of four successive nuclear tests evaluating different bomb designs, Operation Grapple Shot Z3 was detonated on 11 September 1958 at an altitude of 2,650m/8,690 ft over this site. Air dropped by Vickers Valiant XD827 in what was to be the second "blind radar" drop technique, the device and its three-stage "Halliard" design were instead released on a visual drop and detonated 260 yards from its intended target with an explosive yield of 800kt
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Grapple#Grapple_Z_series
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 1°39'8"N 157°13'25"W
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