soviet RDS 37 joe 19

RDS-37 was the Soviet Union's first "true" (staged) hydrogen bomb, first tested on November 22, 1955. The weapon had a nominal yield of approximately 3 megatons. It was scaled down to 1.6 megatons for the live test.

It was a multi-stage thermonuclear device which utilized radiation implosion called Sakharov's "Third Idea" in the USSR (the TellerUlam design in the USA). It utilized a dry lithium deuteride fusion fuel, with some of it replaced with a "passive material" to reduce its total yield. Despite this reduction in yield, because the weapon exploded under an inversion layer much of its shockwave was focused backward at the ground unexpectedly, causing a site building to collapse and kill three people.

It was air-dropped at Semipalatinsk Test Site, Kazakhstan, making it the first air-dropped two-stage thermonuclear test. The RDS-6s device (Joe-4) exploded in 1953 was labeled as a "hydrogen bomb" as well but was more similar to a "boosted" fission bomb than a megaton range hydrogen bomb.

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[Nuker1337]

@tamenga88 I completely agree. All of these were larger than anything the Americans detonated. Even the footage from Tsar is not up to par; think of what fantastic footage we would have if it were as well documented as, for instance, Crossroads Baker.

[ViniciusLimaRS]

@MrAppolo777 Dick this is RDS-37 dick

[johnbarleycornmd]

Pretty certain that's Ivan....

[trotskydolan]

@sprengmeister00 nein, das ist nicht tsar Bomba, ist dieses Material häufig mit Zar Bomba verwirrt. Auch Zar Bomba tatsächlich war 50 Megatonnen, die Amerikaner falsch gemessen sie mit 57 Megatonnen und die Sowjets nie korrigiert, weil 57 klingt besser als 50 :D

[sprengmeister00]

das ist die tsar bombe 57mt

[MrAppolo777]

U dicks this is the video of Tsar Bomba - Tsar prevrashiaetsa V kolosalni Svetiashesia Kupol - Tsar Turns into a colossal shining cupola

[grzy3]

Two killed, wounded forty-seven.....

[halfaheart18]

i thought the russians used lithium?

[johnbarleycornmd]

Ominous. that ring looks as big as ivan's.

[Janspeed69]

Basic physics.