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Project 596 (Miss Qiu, Chinese: 邱小姐; pinyin: Qiū Xiǎojiě, as the callsign; [1] Chic-1 by the US intelligence agencies [2]) was the first nuclear weapons test conducted by the People's Republic of China, detonated on 16 October 1964, at the Lop Nur test site.
Chinese Nuclear Weapon Tests Project 596 was the first ever Chinese nuclear explosion. Information Country China Test site Area A (Nanshan), Lop Nur, China; Area B (Qinggir), Lop Nur, China; Area C (Beishan), Lop Nur, China; Area D (Drop Area), Lop Nur, China Period 1964–1996 Number of tests 47 Test type air drop, atmospheric, cratering, high alt rocket (30–80 km), parachuted, tower ...
596 First test – October 16, 1964; Film is now available of 1966 tests here at time 09:00 [24] and another test later in this film. Test No. 6, First hydrogen bomb test – June 17, 1967; CHIC-16, 200 kt-1 Mt atmospheric test – June 17, 1974 [25] #21, Largest hydrogen bomb tested by China (4 megatons) - November 17, 1976
China conducted its first nuclear test, code-named 596, on 16 October 1964. [16] [17] Its first thermonuclear weapon test occurred on December 28, 1966. [4] Its last nuclear test was on July 29, 1996. [19] In 2023, satellite open-source intelligence showed evidence of drilling shafts in Lop Nur where nuclear weapons testing could resume. [20]
Fail-Safe (1964) – a film based on the novel of the same name about an American bomber crew and nuclear tensions; Fail-Safe (CBS, 2000) – a remake of the 1964 film, broadcast live and in black-and-white; Fat Man and Little Boy a.k.a. Shadow Makers (1989) – film that reenacts the Manhattan Project
A few days later, Lee states that Taiwan "has the ability to develop nuclear weapons, but will definitely not" develop them. [3] 2000: On Feb. 21 China issues a White Paper warning more explicitly than before that Taiwan's further heel dragging on reunification–let alone any declaration of independence–could force China to take "drastic ...
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie is a 1995 American documentary film directed by Peter Kuran and narrated by William Shatner. [3]Using restored archive footage, the film traces the development of nuclear weapons and their testing, from America's Trinity test of 1945 (hence the title) to the first Chinese atomic bomb test in 1964.
On October 16, 1964, China's first atomic bomb was successfully detonated in Lop Nur (code-name "Project 596"), making China the fifth country in the world to possess nuclear weapons. [10] On October 27, 1966, China's first surface-to-surface missile carrying nuclear bomb was successfully launched and detonated. [10] [24]