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dc.date.accessioned2024-07-30T11:09:50Z-
dc.date.available2024-07-30T11:09:50Z-
dc.date.issued2023-08-06-
dc.identifier.citationVella, M. (2023, August 6). 1959 nuclear attack on Malta would have wiped out, 143,000. Malta Today, pp. 16en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/125070-
dc.description.abstractThe year 1959 saw a document forecasting the grim aftermath of a 1 megaton nuclear explosion above Senglea, indicating a staggering death toll of over 143,000 individuals and 37,000 seriously wounded, surpassing 62% of Malta's population. These detailed projections were shared with the Passive Defence Sub-Committee by the Malta Defence Committee. Journalist Matthew Vella's analysis the potential consequences of a nuclear strike on the harbour.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherMedia Todayen_GB
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccessen_GB
dc.subjectSenglea (Malta) -- Historyen_GB
dc.subjectNational Archives of Malta (Rabat, Malta)en_GB
dc.subjectWeapons of mass destructionen_GB
dc.subjectNuclear weaponsen_GB
dc.subjectMalta -- Population -- Historyen_GB
dc.subjectMalta -- History -- British occupation, 1800-1964en_GB
dc.subjectPrime ministers -- Malta -- Biographyen_GB
dc.subjectMalta -- Defenses -- History -- 20th centuryen_GB
dc.subjectMintoff, Dom, 1916-2012en_GB
dc.title1959 nuclear attack on Malta would have wiped out, 143,000en_GB
dc.typenewspaperArticleen_GB
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dc.description.reviewednon peer-revieweden_GB
dc.publication.titleMalta Todayen_GB
dc.contributor.creatorVella, Matthew-
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