RDS-5
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RDS-5 (Реактивный двигатель специальный Reaktivnyi Dvigatel Specialnyi; Special Jet Engine) was a plutonium based Soviet atomic bomb, probably using a hollow core ( полой конструкции poloy konstruktsii; hollow construction [1]). Two versions were made. The first version used 2kg Pu-239 and was expected to yield 9.2 kilotons. The second version used only 0.8kg Pu-239 [1][2].
The two versions of the RDS-5 were tested during a series of 3 tests on September 3, 8 and 10 1953 in the Semipalatinsk test site. The test on September 3 (Joe 6 [3]) was probably of the 2kg version and achieved a yield of 5.8 kiloton (compared to the expected 9.2 kiloton). The test on September 8 was probably of the 0.8kg version and yielded 1.6 kiloton[1][2].
References
- ^ a b c "Interesting document about Soviet nuclear tests in 1953". Archived from the original on May 19, 2017.
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- ^ "Database of nuclear tests, USSR: part 1, 1949-1963".
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