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RDS-3 was tested |
RDS-3 was tested on October 18, 1951, being air-dropped - it was the first such a test of a nuclear device by the Soviets. The test was known as Joe-3 in the West. |
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RDS-3 was also used during [[Totskoye nuclear test|Snowball]] military exercise near [[Totskoye]] (similar to Western [[Desert Rock]] exercises), when the bomb was dropped by the [[Tupolev Tu-4|Tu-4 bomber]] (the copy of American [[Boeing B-29|B-29 bomber]]). The purpose of this exercise was not to test the bomb itself, but the ability of using it while breaking through enemy defenses (presumably in [[West Germany]]). After the explosion Soviet jet fighters were sent to fly through the mashroom cloud itself while tanks and infantry were forced to move through ground zero. Medical records of contaminated soldiers were forged afterwards and many were forced out of active duty. |
RDS-3 was also used on September 14, 1954 during [[Totskoye nuclear test|Snowball]] military exercise near [[Totskoye]] (similar to Western [[Desert Rock]] exercises), when the bomb was dropped by the [[Tupolev Tu-4|Tu-4 bomber]] (the copy of American [[Boeing B-29|B-29 bomber]]). The purpose of this exercise was not to test the bomb itself, but the ability of using it while breaking through enemy defenses (presumably in [[West Germany]]). After the explosion Soviet jet fighters were sent to fly through the mashroom cloud itself while tanks and infantry were forced to move through ground zero. Medical records of contaminated soldiers were forged afterwards and many were forced out of active duty. |
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Revision as of 13:26, 17 February 2014
RDS-3 was the third atomic bomb developed by the Soviet Union in 1951, after famous RDS-1 and RDS-2. It was called Tatyana in the military. The bomb had a composite design with plutonium core inside uranium shell, providing explosive power of 41.2 kiloton.
Testing
RDS-3 was tested on October 18, 1951, being air-dropped - it was the first such a test of a nuclear device by the Soviets. The test was known as Joe-3 in the West. RDS-3 was also used on September 14, 1954 during Snowball military exercise near Totskoye (similar to Western Desert Rock exercises), when the bomb was dropped by the Tu-4 bomber (the copy of American B-29 bomber). The purpose of this exercise was not to test the bomb itself, but the ability of using it while breaking through enemy defenses (presumably in West Germany). After the explosion Soviet jet fighters were sent to fly through the mashroom cloud itself while tanks and infantry were forced to move through ground zero. Medical records of contaminated soldiers were forged afterwards and many were forced out of active duty.