Operation Hurricane

test of the first UK atomic device on 3 October 1952, in which a plutonium implosion device was detonated in the lagoon in the Monte Bello Islands in Western Australia
Event nuclear_test_series Q924138
Operation Hurricane
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Operation Hurricane

Summary

Operation Hurricane is a nuclear test series[1]. It draws 264 Wikipedia views per month (nuclear_test_series category, ranking #10 of 58).[2]

Key Facts

  • Operation Hurricane is located in Western Australia[3].
  • Operation Hurricane is in the country of Australia[4].
  • Operation Hurricane's image is recorded as Op hurricane.jpg[5].
  • Operation Hurricane's instance of is recorded as nuclear test series[6].
  • Operation Hurricane's instance of is recorded as nuclear weapons testing[7].
  • Operation Hurricane's operator is recorded as United Kingdom[8].
  • Operation Hurricane's followed by is recorded as Test 1[9].
  • Operation Hurricane's part of the series is recorded as nuclear weapons tests in Australia[10].
  • Operation Hurricane's location is recorded as Western Australia[11].
  • Operation Hurricane's Commons category is recorded as Operation Hurricane[12].
  • Operation Hurricane's point in time is recorded as +1952-10-03T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Operation Hurricane's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -20.405277777777776, 'lon': 115.5663888888889}[14].
  • Operation Hurricane's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/048g3h[15].
  • Operation Hurricane's described by source is recorded as Imperial War Museum Archives[16].
  • Operation Hurricane's series ordinal is recorded as 1[17].
  • Operation Hurricane's explosive energy equivalent is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4992853', 'amount': '+25'}[18].

Why It Matters

Operation Hurricane draws 264 Wikipedia views per month (nuclear_test_series category, ranking #10 of 58).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Operation Hurricane. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/operation-hurricane
MLA “Operation Hurricane.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/operation-hurricane.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_operation-hurricane_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Operation Hurricane}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/operation-hurricane}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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