# 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

**Wikidata**: [Q924138](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q924138)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Hurricane)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/operation-hurricane


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013