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Craig Hill Training Services
Business, Management and ESL Trainer
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September 19 1957 Nevada is site of first ever underground nuclear explosion
On September 19th 1957, the United States detonated a 1.7 kiloton nuclear weapon in an underground tunnel at the Nevada Test Site (NTS), a 1,375 square mile research centre located 65 miles north of Las Vegas. The test, known as Rainier, was the first fully contained underground detonation and produced no radioactive fallout. A modified … Continue reading
August 3 1958 Nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travels under North Pole
On August 3rd 1958, the U.S. nuclear submarine Nautilus accomplished the first undersea voyage to the geographic North Pole. The world’s first nuclear submarine, the Nautilus dived at Point Barrow, Alaska, and travelled nearly 1,000 miles under the Arctic ice cap to reach the top of the world. It then steamed on to Iceland, pioneering … Continue reading
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Recent Posts: China Daily Mail
Hong Kong protests show no signs of slowing down
Xi Jinping warns that attempts to divide China will end with ‘crushed bodies and shattered bones’
Canada needs to plan ways to meet China’s military challenge
Cadence Column: Asia, October 14, 2019
Xi Jinping visits Nepal as first Chinese president to do so in over two decades
Is China’s DF-26 missile a real threat to U.S. navy aircraft carriers?
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