RDS-1
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The RDS-1, also known as Izdeliye 501 and First Lightning, was the first nuclear weapons test that was conducted by the Soviet Union. It was detonated on 29 August 1949 at 7:00 a.m. Kazakhstan Time (UTC+06:00), at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, and yielded 22 kilotons of TNT.
1949
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mass 4.6 tonne, length 3.7 metre,
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Location: 50.4375, 77.8142, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
This chart from September 1949 shows the United States Weather Bureau's prediction for where the Soviet Union first tested its atomic bomb in 1949. Each colored zone indicates the probability that the bomb was detonated within that area.
1949 Events Collage V 2.0| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| commons | image | This chart from September 1949 shows the United States Weather Bureau's prediction for where the Soviet Union first tested its atomic bomb in 1949. Each colored zone indicates the probability that the bomb was detonated within that area. | Commons | ||
| commons | image | 1949 Events Collage V 2.0 | Commons | ||
