RDS-4: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
m Disambiguated: Desert Rock → Desert Rock exercises |
Afernand74 (talk | contribs) exp + ref |
||
| Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
|next_test =''RDS-5'' |
|next_test =''RDS-5'' |
||
}} |
}} |
||
'''RDS-4''' (also known as '''''Tatyana''''')<ref name="RDS-4">{{cite web|url=http://www.zavtra.ru/cgi/veil/data/zavtra/99/295/61.html |title=The Russian Atomic Bomb - 50 years - ''WebCite cache'' |date=July 27, 1999 |last=Mesnyankin |first=Petr |cite= |language=ru |deadurl=unfit |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/68tKQclUw |archivedate=July 3, 2012 }}</ref> was a Soviet nuclear bomb. |
'''RDS-4''' (also known as '''''Tatyana''''')<ref name="RDS-4">{{cite web|url=http://www.zavtra.ru/cgi/veil/data/zavtra/99/295/61.html |title=The Russian Atomic Bomb - 50 years - ''WebCite cache'' |date=July 27, 1999 |last=Mesnyankin |first=Petr |cite= |language=ru |deadurl=unfit |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/68tKQclUw |archivedate=July 3, 2012 }}</ref> was a Soviet nuclear bomb that was first tested at [[Semipalatinsk Test Site]], on August 23, 1953. The bomb was dropped from an [[Ilyushin Il-28|IL-28]] aircraft at an altitude of 11 km and exploded at 600 m, with a yield of 28 kt.<ref name="RDS-4" /><ref name="Atomicforum" /> |
||
The [[Soviet Union]]'s first mass-produced [[tactical nuclear weapon]] was based on the RDS-4 and remained in service until 1966.<ref name="BukharinPodvig2004" /><ref name="BukharinPodvig2004">{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=CPRVbYDc-7kC&pg=PA72|title=Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces|last2=Podvig|first2=Pavel Leonardovich|date=January 2004|publisher=MIT Press|isbn=978-0-262-66181-2|pages=72–73|last1=Bukharin|first1=Oleg}}</ref> It used a [[plutonium]] [[Implosion-type nuclear weapon|implosion assembly]] and had a [[Nuclear weapons yield|nominal yield]] of 30 kilotons.<ref name="Atomicforum">{{cite web |url=http://www.atomicforum.org/russia/russiaweapons.html |title=Atomicforum:Soviet/Russian Nuclear Arsenal |cite= |archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20080317191459/http://www.atomicforum.org/russia/russiaweapons.html |archivedate= March 17, 2008 }}</ref> The bomb was delivered from a [[Tu-4]] and [[Tu-16]] aircraft.<ref name="Atomicforum" /> |
|||
RDS-4 was also used on September 14, 1954 during [[Totskoye nuclear test|Snowball]] military exercise near [[Totskoye]] (similar to Western [[Desert Rock exercises|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 mushroom 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.{{Verification needed |date=July 2014}} |
|||
==See also== |
==See also== |
||
Revision as of 20:02, 13 August 2016
| RDS-4 | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| 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) |
| Test chronology | |
RDS-4 (also known as Tatyana)[1] was a Soviet nuclear bomb that 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]
The Soviet Union's first mass-produced tactical nuclear weapon was based on the RDS-4 and remained in service until 1966.[3][3] 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]
RDS-4 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 mushroom 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.[verification needed]
See also
- Nuclear weapons program of the Soviet Union
- Soviet atomic bomb project
- RDS-3
- RDS-37
- RDS-220 (Tsar Bomba)
References
- ^ a b Mesnyankin, Petr (July 27, 1999). "The Russian Atomic Bomb - 50 years - WebCite cache" (in Russian). Archived from the original on July 3, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|cite=(help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c "Atomicforum:Soviet/Russian Nuclear Arsenal". Archived from the original on March 17, 2008.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|cite=(help) - ^ a b Bukharin, Oleg; Podvig, Pavel Leonardovich (January 2004). Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces. MIT Press. pp. 72–73. ISBN 978-0-262-66181-2.