On this day in 1957, the U.S. detonated a 1.7-kilton nuclear weapon at the Nevada Test Site in an underground railroad. This was marked as the first ever successful detonation of a underground nuclear weapon.
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September 19, 1957- First Ever Underground Nuclear Explosion
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On this day in history, the first ever successful nuclear explosion took place.
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