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The first Soviet thermonuclear detonation took place on August 12, 1953 at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in the Khazak SSR (now Khazakstan). It was designated Joe-4 in the United States.
The warhead was designated RDS-6 (Reaktivnyi Dvigatel Specialnyi-6), and featured a yield of 400 kilotons (15-20% fusion yield, the rest was fission boosted by fast neutrons). The warhead design utilized a single-stage "layer cake" or Sloika design, so was incapable of being scaled up to a larger weapon like a Teller-Ullam style warhead would be.
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What event intensified American interest in developing a hydrogen bomb?
The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb in 1949, President Truman had to make a terrible decision-- whether to develop an even more horrifying weapon- Hydrogen bomb
What successful test was made by the Soviet Union in 1949?
The Soviet Union successfully tested its first atomic bomb in 1949.
When did the Soviet Union explode a atomic bomb?
The USSR tested its first nuclear weapon in 1949.
What was a goal of President Truman in ordering research of the hydrogen bomb?
The goal was to discourage the Soviet Union from attacking free nations.
What was not a major factor in the decision to use the atomic bomb?
sending a warning to the Soviet Union sending a warning to the soviet union
What bomb did both US and the soviet union try to invent?
atomic bomb or the hydrogen bomb
Who made the biggest hydrogen bomb?
The former Soviet Union.
When did the Soviet Union have nuclear bombs?
The Soviet Union tested their first atomic bomb in 1949.
What was goal of president Truman in ordering research of the hydrogen bomb?
The goal was to discourage the Soviet Union from attacking free nations.
What successful test was made by the Soviet Union in 1949?
The Soviet Union successfully tested its first atomic bomb in 1949.
What event intensified American interest in developing a hydrogen bomb?
The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb in 1949, President Truman had to make a terrible decision-- whether to develop an even more horrifying weapon- Hydrogen bomb
When did the Soviet Union explode a atomic bomb?
The USSR tested its first nuclear weapon in 1949.
When did American interests in developing a hydrogen bomb intensify?
By 1953, the United States and the Soviet Union had developed both the atomic bomb and the hydrogen bomb, or H-bomb. So now that that has happened the United States wanted to have more interests in developing a hydrogen bomb and that's how it intensified.
What programs were the Rosenberg's involved in and what happened to them?
The Rosenbergs were involved in the Manhattan Project which designed and made the first atomic bomb. They spied for the Soviet Union and passed the information to the Soviet Union on how to make an atomic bomb. They were caught and were executed for spying. With the breakup of the Soviet Union, the great value of their spying to the Soviet Atomic Bomb program was revealed.
What was a goal of president Truman in ordering research of hydrogen bomb?
The goal was to discourage the Soviet Union from attacking free nations.
What was a goal of President Truman in ordering research of the hydrogen bomb?
The goal was to discourage the Soviet Union from attacking free nations.
Did anyone even negotiate with japan about the atomic bomb?
Japan was negotiatin with the Soviet Union as the first atomic bomb was dropped.
