Template:Did you know nominations/Operation Mosaic


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:25, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

Operation Mosaic

 * ... that the second test in the Operation Mosaic series (pictured) was the largest nuclear device ever detonated in Australia? Source: "Mosaic G2, also tower mounted was exploded on Alpha Island at 1014 WAST on 19 June 1956. It produced a yield of 60 kt, making it the largest device exploded by the UK in Australia." (The Report of the Royal Commission into British Nuclear Tests in Australia, Volume 1, p. 233)
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Paper car wheel
 * Comment: No country has ever exploded atomic bombs in Australia except the UK

5x expanded by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 20:04, 9 August 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Hi Hawkeye7, review follows: Article expanded 5+ times over period since 3 August; article is well written and cited inline throughout to impeccable sources; many sources are offline but a spot check revealed no issues with copyright violations; hook is interesting and cited in the article; citation for hook checks out to a reliable and accessible source; image is correctly licensed and confirmed public domain; image is very good even at small scale; QPQ has been carried out. Looks good to go to me - Dumelow (talk) 20:33, 9 August 2018 (UTC)