Timeline Thursday 27 October 1966

Events on Thursday 27 October 1966 1

• 1966 China tests nuclear-armed ballistic missile First nation to combine a live nuclear warhead with a missile test On 27 October 1966, China conducted its fourth nuclear test by launching a Dongfeng missile fitted with a live nuclear warhead from Shuangchengzi to a target in Lop Nur. It was the first and only time a country has tested a nuclear weapon on an operational missile.