russia first detonated a nuclear weapon in march 1993.
russia first detonated a nuclear weapon in march 1993.
when did russia first detonate a nuclear weapon?
march 1993
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research into the development of nuclear weapons was initially undertaken during world war ii by the united states (in cooperation with the united kingdom and canada), germany, japan, and the ussr. the united states was the first and is the only country to have used a nuclear weapon in war, when it used two bombs against japan in august 1945. after surrendering to end the war, germany and japan ceased to be involved in any nuclear weapon research. in august 1949, the ussr tested a nuclear weapon, becoming the second country to detonate a nuclear bomb. the united kingdom first tested a nuclear weapon in october 1952. france first tested a nuclear weapon in 1960. the people's republic of china detonated a nuclear weapon in 1964. india conducted its first nuclear test in 1974, which prompted pakistan to develop its own nuclear program and, when india conducted a second series of nuclear tests in 1998, pakistan followed with a series of tests of its own. in 2006, north korea conducted its first nuclear test.
nuclear proliferation