Mike 10/31/52 10.4 MT Eniwetok Atoll Surface
another 1st - Mike was the first Thermonuclear explosion announced...
Total annihilation out to 3 miles; total destruction out to 7 miles
It made the test island go away, and clipped nearby islands to 1 mile...
nice round hole in the world!

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