The Lop Nur nuclear test site in northwestern China, photographed on December 8, 1966, during a KH-7/GAMBIT satellite reconnaissance mission. A test occurred on December 28, 1966.
The Lop Nur nuclear test site in northwestern China, photographed on December 8, 1966, during a KH-7/GAMBIT satellite reconnaissance mission. A test occurred on December 28, 1966.
The Lanzhou Gaseous Diffusion Plant, as photographed on May 10, 1966 by a KH-7/GAMBIT satellite (Mission 4028). For more satellite imagery, see “Eyes on the Bomb: U-2, CORONA, and KH-7 Imagery of Foreign Nuclear Installations.”
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