During the British Grapple X test of 8 November 1957 which took place directly above the southeastern tip of Christmas Island, yield was stronger than expected and there was some blast damage in the settlements.

* 1957 – Operation Grapple X, Round C1: Britain conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific.

First successful British Teller – Ulam design | H-bomb test – Operation Grapple X Round C1, which took place over Kiritimati

Operation Grapple, and operations Grapple X, Grapple Y and Grapple Z, were the names of British nuclear weapons tests of very-early hydrogen bombs.

First British H-bomb test-Operation Grapple X Round C1, which took place over Kiritimati.

Following the disappointing results of the first Grapple trial, Grapple X was conducted at Christmas Island.

For Grapple X, the bombs were exploded over Christmas Island instead of over Malden Island to save time and money.

Grapple X was dropped and detonated over the southern end of Christmas Island on November 8, 1957.

The U. K. had become an actual thermonuclear power with the detonation of Grapple X.

Grapple Y sought to develop a more efficient thermonuclear bomb based on the successful Grapple X design.

Like Grapple X, only one detonation was conducted during Grapple Y.

In any event, United Kingdom had initial difficulty in its development of it, failing in its first attempt in May 1957 ( its " Grapple I " test failed to ignite as planned, though much of its energy did come from fusion in its secondary ), though succeeded in its second attempt in its November 1957 " Grapple X " test ( which yielded 1. 8 Mt ).

The unproven H-bomb designs being developed by British weaponeers required full-scale testing of their capabilities, hence Operation Grapple was carried out as a massive military operation in the Central Pacific, and this the largest British military operation carried out since World War II.

While Christmas Island was the main base, three other islands supported Operation Grapple.

Air deliveries of cargo for Operation Grapple were generally sent via Hickam Air Force Base ( of the U. S. Air Force ) in the American Territory of Hawaii, where a transport group of the Royal Air Force was assigned.

The first trial was Grapple, also known as Grapple 1.

The last shot of Grapple was Purple Granite.

The design of Grapple Y was notably successful because much of its yield came from its thermonuclear reaction instead of from the fast fission a heavy uranium-238 tamper-hence making it a true H-bomb, and also because its yield had been closely predicted — indicating that its designers understood what they were doing.

With a nuclear testing moratorium quickly approaching, Operation Grapple Z was carried out at Christmas Island during mid-1958.

This was a four-bomb test series, and the largest of the four in the Grapple series.

This bomb was a smaller version of the one exploded in Grapple Y, and it detonated with a yield of about 1. 2 megatons.

The last bomb in the Grapple Z series was the very last nuclear explosion carried out in the atmosphere by the U. K.

Green Grass was of similar layout to Green Bamboo, although it was not thermonuclear, being a very large unboosted pure fission warhead that was based in part on the core of the Orange Herald device tested at Grapple, with some of the implosion and firing features of Green Bamboo.

It was always envisaged that a Mk. 2 version would be available later fitted with a true thermonuclear warhead derived from the Granite type tested at Grapple, or an American type made available after the 1958 Anglo-US Bilateral Agreement.

Eager to replicate the Constructicons ’ unique combining ability, the Autobot engineer Grapple succeeded in creating Omega Supreme ; although having fewer components than Devastator, he was immediately given the task of guarding the Ark while the Autobots attempted to acquire more information on the combination process, and successfully fended off a large Decepticon attack, defeating, deactivating, and capturing Starscream, Thundercracker, Skywarp, Buzzsaw, Rumble and Frenzy.

The Regiment was once again at the forefront in 1992 as part of the deployment to Bosnia on Operation Grapple 1 and they were to return to both Bosnia and Kosovo on numerous occasions over the coming decade.

While the thermonuclear bomb designs tested by the U. K. during Operation Grapple were successful, they were never manufactured.

The island is chiefly notable for its " mysterious " prehistoric ruins, its once-extensive deposits of phosphatic guano ( exploited by Australian interests from c. 1860-1927 ), its former use as the site of the first British H-bomb tests ( Operation Grapple, 1957 ), and its current importance as a protected area for breeding seabirds.

* 1957 – At Malden Island in the Pacific, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.

** Operation Grapple: At Malden Island in the Pacific, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb, which fails to detonate properly.

* The Grapple Beam from the Metroid series, which allows the player to attach to and swing from special points or surfaces, as well as the Charge Beam from Metroid Prime and its sequels, which allows the player to draw power-ups in from a distance.

The MBS is equipped with 4 Power Data Grapple Fixtures, one at each of its four top corners.

* Grapple truck, a truck that has a grapple loader mounted to its frame

The Grapple Cannon is an improvement on the A-Bomb by having a speedy projectile, but on the downside, it takes the longest to reload of any weapon, and it is the only weapon that will not provide a random weapon if it destroys its target during a hyper jump.

It was signed after the UK successfully tested its first hydrogen bomb during Operation Grapple.

Nonetheless, Jobson's playing won him a place in Curved Air, though the group disbanded after just one album, 1973's Air Cut, which brought Jobson little commercial success beyond what he'd had with Fat Grapple.

( returning old one ); an EATCS / Pump Module ( PM ); and 2 Fixed Grapple Bars for PM & TUS relocation during EVA.

* Grapple Cannon: This is the only other weapon that will destroy with one shot.

Among these are the Morph Ball, which allows Samus to roll into narrow passages and drop energy bombs, and the Grapple Beam, which works similarly to a grappling hook by latching onto special hooks, called grapple points, and allowing Samus to swing from them across gaps.

In this movement, it is limited only by the number of Power Data Grapple Fixtures ( PDGFs ) on the station.

* Photos taken by the journalist " Cassandra " during the Grapple test series

* Settling Accounts: The Grapple, the third book in the Settling Accounts series by Harry Turtledove

Fascism amongst the British is previously mentioned when Gripweed ( Lennon's character ) is revealed to be a former follower of Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists, though Colonel Grapple ( played by Michael Hordern ) sees nothing for Gripweed to be embarrassed about, stressing that " Fascism is something you grow out of ".

It has been pointed out, including by Leslie Halliwell, that there are echoes of Voltaire's Candide in the story, especially in the continual, improbable, inexplicable reappearance of Colonel Grapple.

:" The " Great Grapple " was a tournament hosted by a mysterious unseen warrior known as " K ".

In The Grapple, comments by Jake Featherston suggest that the republican movement in Mexico has never been completely suppressed, and that if the Empire didn't support the Confederacy, the Confederates might support the republican rebels.

Skids and the others ( except Grapple ) were shown around Earth by Bumblebee, where Skids encountered music for the first time and proved unable to interact easily with humans.

Grapple and Hoist were then approached by a surprising source — the Constructicons.