jul 10, 1948 - Uranprojekt tests their first uranium bomb in Spitsbergen, Norway (double check)
Description:
Germany finally invented the uranium bomb on the 9th of July in Norway.The bomb was located and observed in Sørkapp Land, Spitsbergen. Norway.
The weapon was called the Uranbombe Type II and it was that powerful that it melted all of the ice around its blast radius and wiped out any flora and fauna that once existed in the area.
German scientists, including Werner Heisenberg, called the weapon a complete success.
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Date:
jul 10, 1948
Now
~ 77 years ago