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Date: 06/11/1955 |
Type: Airdrop @1000m |
Yield: 250 kt
This was a test of the RDS-27 bomb. The RDS-27 was almost identical to the RDS-6s design, except that is did not use tritium. The 250 kiloton yield of the November 6th test was within the predicted range. Photos of this test are often mislabeled as being the November 22, 1955 test of the RDS-37 warhead. This was the world's first airdrop of a device that used thermonuclear reactions.
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Published on: 2010-01-04 (3618 reads) [ Go Back ] |
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