RDS-1 test
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The RDS-1 test was the Soviet Union’s first successful detonation of an atomic bomb in 1949, marking its entry into the nuclear arms race with the United States.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
atomic bomb test
ⓘ
nuclear weapons test ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
First Lightning
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joe-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
1949 in the Soviet Union
ⓘ
Cold War military history of the Soviet Union ⓘ History of nuclear weapons ⓘ Nuclear weapons testing of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| consequence |
accelerated nuclear arms race
ⓘ
ended U.S. monopoly on nuclear weapons ⓘ increased tensions in U.S.–Soviet relations ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| date | 1949-08-29 ⓘ |
| designType | plutonium implosion device ⓘ |
| detectionMethod | airborne radioactive sampling ⓘ |
| era | early Cold War ⓘ |
| followedBy | subsequent Soviet nuclear tests ⓘ |
| geopoliticalContext | beginning of nuclear arms race ⓘ |
| hasCodename | RDS-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| impact |
altered global strategic balance
ⓘ
spurred U.S. development of thermonuclear weapons ⓘ |
| location |
Kazakh SSR
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ Semipalatinsk Test Site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranchInvolved | Soviet Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedBy | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Soviet atomic bomb project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalLeader | Joseph Stalin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| programLeader | Igor Kurchatov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
achieve strategic parity with the United States
ⓘ
demonstrate Soviet nuclear capability ⓘ |
| region | Semipalatinsk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | successful detonation ⓘ |
| significance |
first successful Soviet atomic bomb detonation
ⓘ
marked Soviet entry into nuclear arms race with the United States ⓘ |
| similarTo | Fat Man design ⓘ |
| supervisedBy | Soviet nuclear program leadership ⓘ |
| technologySource |
Soviet scientific research
ⓘ
espionage on U.S. Manhattan Project ⓘ |
| testedBy | Soviet Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| testedFor | Soviet government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| testNumber | first Soviet nuclear test ⓘ |
| testSeries | Soviet nuclear test series ⓘ |
| weaponTested | RDS-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| weaponType | fission bomb ⓘ |
| year | 1949 ⓘ |
| yield | approximately 22 kilotons of TNT ⓘ |
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