Soviet Union nuclear test

Quand

14 sept. 1954

Type

Essai nucléaire

Puissance (kt)

40

Position

Orenbg Russ

Coordonnées

52.00° N, 55.00° E

Yield kt

40

Purpose

military exercise

Reported by

DOE

1954 Soviet nuclear test with soldiers

The Totskoye nuclear exercise was a military exercise undertaken by the Soviet Army to explore defensive and offensive warfare during nuclear war. The exercise, under the code name "Snowball", involved an aerial detonation of a 40 kt RDS-4 nuclear bomb. The stated goal of the operation was military training for breaking through heavily fortified defensive lines of a military opponent using nuclear weapons.

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