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1950
January 27-Fuchs confesses that he gave atomic secrets to the Soviets.
U.S. above-ground tests start in Nevada.
January 31-Truman announces the decision to proceed with the H-bomb.
1952
October 3-First British atomic detonation, Monte Bello Islands, Australia.
October 31-U.S. explodes first fusion device, Mike, of 10.4 Mt at Eniwetok.
1953
August 12-First Soviet fusion device exploded on a tower in Siberia.
1954
January 21-First nuclear-powered submarine, U.S.S. Nautilus, launched.
March 1-The 'BRAVO' H-bomb test; Marshall Islanders and the crew of the "Lucky Dragon"are
affected by fallout.
April 12 to May 6-Oppenheimer hearings deny him access to nuclear secrets.
1955
November 22- First fusion device test by the Soviet Union, it had a yield of 1.6 megatons. The
development was lead by Andrei Sakharov.
1957
May 15-First British H-bomb exploded at Christmas Island.
September 19-First underground test, Rainier, 1.7 kilotons.
1958
November, 1958 to September, 1961-U.S., U.K., and U.S.S.R. observe an informal
moratorium on nuclear tests.