Operation Grapple was a set of four series of British nuclear weapons tests of early atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs carried out in 1957 and 1958 at Malden...

Operation Grapple was the codeword used to cover UK defence operations in support of the UN peacekeeping missions in the former Yugoslavia (authorised...

competition Grapple (tool), a hook or claw used to catch or hold something Grapple skidder, type of heavy vehicle used in a logging operation for pulling...

Red Beard in time for the upcoming Operation Grapple, the test of a British hydrogen bomb. Whether Buffalo or Grapple was more important was the subject...

British hydrogen bomb over the Pacific, the "Short Granite", as part of Operation Grapple. No. 49 Squadron was selected to perform the live weapon drop and...

squadron was entrusted with the task of dropping hydrogen bombs in Operation Grapple. The squadron was formed at Swingate Down, near Dover, Kent, England...

Weston Zoyland, for Operation Grapple. Some of these aircraft were tasked with collecting air samples during the Operation Grapple nuclear trials in 1956/58...

refit in time for Operation Grapple, the planned first test of a British hydrogen bomb, 15 July was set as the terminal date for Operation Mosaic. The British...

demonstrated Britain's ability to produce thermonuclear weapons in the Operation Grapple nuclear tests in the Pacific, and led to the amendment of the McMahon...

Navy service and converted to civilian operation by Military Sealift Command. She was redesignated as USNS Grapple (T-ARS 53). Rescue and salvage ships...

which dropped Britain's first live thermonuclear weapon (H-Bomb) in Operation Grapple in the Central Pacific Ocean in May 1957. Kenneth Gilbert Hubbard...

would be replaced by an extremely large fission bomb. In 1957 the Operation Grapple tests were carried out. The first test, Green Granite, was a prototype...

British hydrogen bomb, the Short Granite, over the Pacific as part of Operation Grapple. No 49 Squadron was selected to perform the live weapon drop, and...

maritime reconnaissance role, and then briefly in a support role for Operation Grapple, the British hydrogen bomb tests on Christmas Island. No. 217 Squadron...

1992 to May 1993. It was as commanding officer in Bosnia, as part of Operation Grapple, that he earned the nickname "Bosnia Bob" and became something of...

and Green Granite, a true thermonuclear design. The first series of Operation Grapple tests involved Britain's first airdrop of a thermonuclear bomb. Although...

Kingdom over Malden Island in the Pacific on May 15, 1957, during Operation Grapple 1, this bomb had an expected yield of over 1 megaton, but only exploded...

until a thermonuclear weapon could be developed from the 1956–1958 Operation Grapple tests. Violet Club was ultimately replaced in service by the Red Snow...

were fitted with BGTI. Operation Granby (Gulf War) Operation Grapple (United Nations duties in Bosnia with the UNPROFOR) Operation Resolute (NATO IFOR (Implementation...

quickly". One example came with Britain's first hydrogen bomb test Operation Grapple which led to the 1958 U.S.–UK Mutual Defence Agreement. Six years...

Following the success of Operation Grapple in which the United Kingdom became the third nation to acquire thermonuclear weapons after the United States...

1860–1927), its former use as the site of the first British H-bomb tests (Operation Grapple, 1957), and its current importance as a protected area for breeding...

as part of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) during Operation Grapple 1. The following day Malcolm Rifkind, the defence secretary, announced...

status as a great power. It tested its first hydrogen bomb in 1957 (Operation Grapple), making it the third country to do so after the United States and...

A grappling hook or grapnel is a device that typically has multiple hooks (known as claws or flukes) attached to a rope or cable; it is thrown, dropped...

warheads: Green Granite (small) and Green Granite (large), both tested at Operation Grapple Green Grass – nuclear warhead for Violet Club and Yellow Sun Mark...

Invasion, Egypt (Invasion Support) Operation Grapple, Christmas Island (Nuclear Bombs Experiments Support) Operation Banner, Northern Ireland (Anti-Terrorist...

Baki the Grappler (Japanese: グラップラー刃牙, Hepburn: Gurappurā Baki) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keisuke Itagaki. It was originally...

bomb programme had successfully tested a thermonuclear device in the Operation Grapple test on 8 November. The special relationship proved mutually beneficial...

served as adjutant of the British garrison on Kiritimati for the Operation Grapple thermonuclear weapon tests. From 1969 he was Commander Royal Engineers...