Operation Grapple Burgess and Donald Maclean in 1951. Fearing a resurgence of American isolationism and Britain losing its great power status, the British government restarted its own development effort, now codenamed High Explosive Research. The successful test of an atomic bomb in Operation Hurricane in October 1952 represented an extraordinary scientific and technological achievement. Britain became the world's third nuclear power, reaffirming the country's status as a great power, but hopes that the United States would be sufficiently impressed to restore the Special Relationship were soon dashed. In November 1952, the United States conducted Ivy Mike, the first successful test of a
Atomic: The Very Best of Blondie as a limited edition 2-CD set titled "Atomic/Atomix: The Very Best of Blondie", including a second disc of previously available remixes with the exception of another new remix of the title track. In 2011, the compilation was reissued again as a single disc with identical track listing, but with the title being changed to "Essential", which was certified Gold in September 2018. Atomic: The Very Best of Blondie Atomic: The Very Best of Blondie is a compilation album of recordings by the band Blondie released by EMI/Chrysalis Records in the UK and the rest of Europe in late 1998, at