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RDS-37

RDS-37 (Russian: РДС-37, CIA: JOE 19) was the Soviet Union's first two-stage thermonuclear weapon test, dropped from a Tupolev Tu-16 bomber over Semipalatinsk Test Site on 22 November 1955. The yield was 1.6 megatons, scaled down from a 3 megaton design. It was the world's first air-dropped multi-stage thermonuclear test; prior US thermonuclear tests Ivy…

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Country
Soviet Union
Device type
Fusion
Max. yield
Total yield 1.6 megatons of TNT (6.7 PJ)
Number of tests
1
Period
November 1955
Test site
Semipalatinsk Test Site, Kazakh SSR

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RDS-37

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Edges73
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Avg. degree1.97
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RDS-37

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related to Design process · 37
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related to Delivery method · 18
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bomb soviet design thermonuclear nuclear test first hydrogen sakharov union atomic two-stage energy united states compression radiation would deuterium yield

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
RDS-37CountrySoviet Union1.00infobox
RDS-37Device typeFusion1.00infobox
RDS-37Max. yieldTotal yield 1.6 megatons of TNT (6.7 PJ)1.00infobox
RDS-37Number of tests11.00infobox
RDS-37PeriodNovember 19551.00infobox
RDS-37Test siteSemipalatinsk Test Site, Kazakh SSR1.00infobox
RDS-37Test typeAtmospheric test1.00infobox
RDS-37related to AnalysisThe RDS-370.60section
RDS-37related to AnalysisSemipalatinsk Site0.60section
RDS-37related to AnalysisSoviet Union0.60section
RDS-37related to AnalysisUnited States0.60section
RDS-37related to AnalysisAnother0.60section

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