1949–1951 | |
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Information | |
Country | Soviet Union |
Test site | Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan |
Period | 1949–1951 |
Number of tests | 3 |
Test type | air drop, tower |
Max. yield | 42 kilotonnes of TNT (180 TJ) |
Test series chronology | |
The Soviet Union's 1949–1951 nuclear test series was a group of 3 nuclear tests conducted in 1949–1951. These tests preceded the 1953 Soviet nuclear tests series.
Name [note 1] | Date time ( UT) | Local time zone [note 2] [1] | Location [note 3] | Elevation + height [note 4] | Delivery,
[note 5] Purpose [note 6] |
Device [note 7] | Yield [note 8] | Fallout [note 9] | References | Notes |
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1 (Joe 1) | 29 August 1949 00:00:?? | ALMT (6 hrs) |
Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan 50°26′17″N 77°48′51″E / 50.43794°N 77.81409°E | 278 m (912 ft) + 30 m (98 ft) | tower, weapons development |
RDS-1 | 22 kt | [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | By Beria's instruction, this was an exact copy of the USA's Fat Man. The name Pyervaya Molniya (First Lightning) first appeared in the 1990s. [3] | |
2 (Joe 2) | 24 September 1951 06:19:?? | ALMT (6 hrs) |
Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan 50°26′N 77°50′E / 50.43°N 77.83°E | 279 m (915 ft) + 30 m (98 ft) | tower, weapons development |
RDS-2 | 38.3 kt | [2] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | ||
3 (Joe 3) | 18 October 1951 03:53:?? | ALMT (6 hrs) |
Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan 50°26′N 77°50′E / 50.43°N 77.83°E | 279 m (915 ft) + 380 m (1,250 ft) | air drop, weapons development |
RDS-3 | 42 kt | [2] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | The first bomb drop test. |
1949–1951 | |
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Information | |
Country | Soviet Union |
Test site | Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan |
Period | 1949–1951 |
Number of tests | 3 |
Test type | air drop, tower |
Max. yield | 42 kilotonnes of TNT (180 TJ) |
Test series chronology | |
The Soviet Union's 1949–1951 nuclear test series was a group of 3 nuclear tests conducted in 1949–1951. These tests preceded the 1953 Soviet nuclear tests series.
Name [note 1] | Date time ( UT) | Local time zone [note 2] [1] | Location [note 3] | Elevation + height [note 4] | Delivery,
[note 5] Purpose [note 6] |
Device [note 7] | Yield [note 8] | Fallout [note 9] | References | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 (Joe 1) | 29 August 1949 00:00:?? | ALMT (6 hrs) |
Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan 50°26′17″N 77°48′51″E / 50.43794°N 77.81409°E | 278 m (912 ft) + 30 m (98 ft) | tower, weapons development |
RDS-1 | 22 kt | [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | By Beria's instruction, this was an exact copy of the USA's Fat Man. The name Pyervaya Molniya (First Lightning) first appeared in the 1990s. [3] | |
2 (Joe 2) | 24 September 1951 06:19:?? | ALMT (6 hrs) |
Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan 50°26′N 77°50′E / 50.43°N 77.83°E | 279 m (915 ft) + 30 m (98 ft) | tower, weapons development |
RDS-2 | 38.3 kt | [2] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | ||
3 (Joe 3) | 18 October 1951 03:53:?? | ALMT (6 hrs) |
Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan 50°26′N 77°50′E / 50.43°N 77.83°E | 279 m (915 ft) + 380 m (1,250 ft) | air drop, weapons development |
RDS-3 | 42 kt | [2] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | The first bomb drop test. |