历史今天:1964年中国第一次核试验(10.16)

【英文原文】

596 is the codename of the People's Republic of China's first nuclear weapons test, detonated on October 16, 1964 at the Lop Nur test site. It was a uranium-235 implosion fission device and had a yield of 22 kilotons. With the test, China became the fifth nuclear power.

Project 596 was named after the month of June 1959 in which it was initiated, immediately after Nikita Khrushchev decided to stop helping the Chinese with their nuclear program 20 June 1959.

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【中文译文】


596是中华人民共和国第一次核武器试验的代号，原子弹于1964年10月16日罗布泊试验场引爆。这是一个铀-235裂变装置，有着相当于2.2万吨TNT的威力。随着测试成功，中国成为第五个拥有核能力的国家。

596项目的命名来自1959年6月启动该核试验计划，不久前的1959年6月20日赫鲁晓夫决定停止帮助核计划。