| RDS-4 | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Country | USSR |
| Test site | Semipalatinsk Test Site, Kazakh SSR |
| Period | August 1953 |
| Number of tests | 1 |
| Test type | Atmospheric Test |
| Device type | Fission |
| Max. yield | Total yield 28 kilotons of TNT (120 TJ) |
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RDS-4 (also known as Tatyana)[1] was a Soviet nuclear bomb. It was the Soviet Union's first mass-produced tactical nuclear weapon. It used a plutonium implosion assembly and had a nominal yield of 30 kilotons.[2] The bomb was delivered from a Tu-4 and Tu-16 aircraft.[2] It was first tested at Semipalatinsk Test Site, on August 23, 1953. The bomb was dropped from an IL-28 aircraft at an altitude of 11 km and exploded at 600 m, with a yield of 28 kt.[1][2]
See also[]
- Nuclear weapons program of the Soviet Union
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 (Russian)Mesnyankin, Petr (July 27, 1999). "The Russian Atomic Bomb - 50 years". http://www.zavtra.ru/cgi/veil/data/zavtra/99/295/61.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Atomicforum:Soviet/Russian Nuclear Arsenal". Archived from the original on March 17, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080317191459/http://www.atomicforum.org/russia/russiaweapons.html.
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