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| ⚫ | '''RDS-3''' was the third [[atomic bomb]] developed by the [[Soviet Union]] in 1951, after the famous [[RDS-1]] and RDS-2. It was called ''Marya'' in the military. The bomb had a composite design with a [[plutonium]] core inside a [[uranium]] shell, providing an explosive power of 41.2 kilotons.<ref name=Bukharin01>{{Cite journal|last=Bukharin|first=Oleg|last2=Kadyshev|first2=Timur|last3=Miasnikov|first3=Eugene|last4=Sutyagin|first4=Igor|last5=Tarasenko|first5=Maxim|last6=Zhelezov|first6=Boris|date=2001|editor-last=Podvig|editor-first=Pavel|title=Soviet Strategic Nuclear Forces|url=|journal=|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|publisher=The MIT Press|volume=|pages=}}</ref> The '''RDS-3T''' was a modernized version and the first mass-produced [[nuclear weapon]] by the [[Soviet Union]]. It was assigned to [[Long Range Aviation]] in 1953.<ref name=Bukharin01/> |
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| ⚫ | '''RDS-3''' was the third [[atomic bomb]] developed by the [[Soviet Union]] in 1951, after the famous [[RDS-1]] and RDS-2. It was called ''Marya'' in the military. The bomb had a composite design with a [[plutonium]] core inside a [[uranium]] shell, providing an explosive power of 41.2 kilotons.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bukharin|first=Oleg|last2=Kadyshev|first2=Timur|last3=Miasnikov|first3=Eugene|last4=Sutyagin|first4=Igor|last5=Tarasenko|first5=Maxim|last6=Zhelezov|first6=Boris|date=2001|editor-last=Podvig|editor-first=Pavel|title=Soviet Strategic Nuclear Forces|url=|journal=|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|publisher=The MIT Press|volume=|pages=}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 16:35, 8 September 2018
RDS-3 was the third atomic bomb developed by the Soviet Union in 1951, after the famous RDS-1 and RDS-2. It was called Marya in the military. The bomb had a composite design with a plutonium core inside a uranium shell, providing an explosive power of 41.2 kilotons.[1] The RDS-3T was a modernized version and the first mass-produced nuclear weapon by the Soviet Union. It was assigned to Long Range Aviation in 1953.[1]
Testing
RDS-3 was tested on October 18, 1951, being air-dropped. It was the first such test of a nuclear device by the Soviets, known as Joe-3 in the West. It was detonated at an altitude of four-hundred meters.
See also
- Soviet atomic bomb project
- RDS-1
- RDS-4
- RDS-37
- RDS-220 (Tsar Bomba)
References
- ^ a b Bukharin, Oleg; Kadyshev, Timur; Miasnikov, Eugene; Sutyagin, Igor; Tarasenko, Maxim; Zhelezov, Boris (2001). Podvig, Pavel (ed.). "Soviet Strategic Nuclear Forces". Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press.
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