When did Russia test their atomic bomb?

Answer 1

The first successful fission nuclear weapons test by the former Soviet Union, named First Lightning (Первая молния) was August 29, 1949. The American's code named it Joe1. The most important part of this test was the demonstration to the west that they were not alone in this nuclear club, despite several later not so effective tests into the H-bomb era for the Soviet Union. Yet, the Soviet Union relatively quickly caught up with not only yield, but the concept to miniaturize their weapons.

Answer 2

They exploded their first crude device in 1949.

Their so called "crude device" was a direct functional clone of the Trinity/Fatman design made from stolen plans supplied mostly by Klaus Fuchs and Theodore Hall. It got practically the same yield. It took them 4 years to build the infrastructure to do it, just like it did us.

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Answer 4

The first test was on August 29th 1949. The bomb that detonated was the RDS-1 or the Joe 1.

Answer 5

1949, it was a clone of fatman made from plans stolen by Klaus Fuchs and Ted Hall.

Answer 6

The RDS-1 was detonated 29 August 1949 .

Answer 7

The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb in 1949. This was followed by its first fusion based bomb in 1953.

Answer 8

They tested their first A-Bomb in 1949.

Answer 9

1949