10/16/1964: China Tests Atomic Bomb
China, an ally of North Vietnam, triggered a 22 kiloton atomic bomb on October 16th 1964. In doing so, it became the world’s 5th nuclear power. The project was started in June 1959 (hence codenamed “596″) after the Soviets ceased assisting the Chinese in nuclear weapons development. Two years later, China would develop a nuclear [...]
10/14/1964: US to Accompany Laotian Air Force
1964: The Pentagon authorizes U.S. fighters from Navy aircraft carriers at “Yankee Station” off the coast in the Gulf of Tonkin to fly escort for Laotian Air Force T-28 fighter-bombers on bombing missions against Viet Cong and North Vietnamese targets in Laos, protecting the T-28s from North Vietnamese MiGs. (Article for “Vietnam War Timeline” / [...]