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On 19/03/2015 02:35, Byker wrote:
> Britain's first droppable nuke. The service chiefs insisted on a yield of
> between 10-12 KT to minimize usage of scarce and expensive fissile
> material.
> First drop was a 3 KT airburst.
Vickers Valiant.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Grapple
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