What the records say
- When
- 19 Oct 1954
- Kind
- Nuclear test
- Yield (kt)
- 0
- Where
- Semi Kazakh
- Coordinates
- 50.00° N, 78.00° E
- Yield kt
- 0–0.001
- Type
- surface
- Purpose
- weapons development programme
- Reported by
- MTM
RDS-9
Soviet nuclear bomb first tested in 1954
The RDS-9 was part of a string of Nuclear weapon testing by the Soviet Union. It was tested on October 19, 1954. This test was the first failure in the RDS series of tests. It was developed originally for the T-5 torpedo. The weapon was modified and retested in 1955.
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The source
- Nuclear explosions 1945–1998SIPRI / FOA, via TidyTuesdayNo licence stated