| City / Airport: | Malden Island (closed)Map |
| Country: | Kiribati |
| Photo Date: | 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 424915 |
| View count: | 685 |
Malden Island airstrip was built in 1956-57 to support British nuclear weapons tests at Christmas Island (now Kiritmati). The uninhabited island was a site for test instrumentation and three bombs were detonated a short distance off the island in 1957. Photo from: RNZAF/Air Force Museum of New Zealand
| City / Airport: | Malden Island (closed) |
| Photo Date: | 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| City / Airport: | Malden Island (closed)Map |
| Country: | Kiribati |
| Photo Date: | 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 424915 |
| View count: | 685 |
Malden Island airstrip was built in 1956-57 to support British nuclear weapons tests at Christmas Island (now Kiritmati). The uninhabited island was a site for test instrumentation and three bombs were detonated a short distance off the island in 1957. Photo from: RNZAF/Air Force Museum of New Zealand
| City / Airport: | Malden Island (closed) |
| Photo Date: | 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |