the soviet union developed its first atomic bomb in 1949.
the soviet union developed its first atomic bomb in 1949.
when did the soviet union developed its first atomic bomb?
1949
by mid 1949, all physics and engineering problems with soviet nuclear project were resolved, manufacturing technologies were completed, weapon design was finalized, and kb-11 finished testing of the bomb and their components. in april 1949, a group led by khariton and k. i. shchelkin, was moved to kb-11 to prepare and carry out the first atomic bomb testing in the ussr. the test site was in the semipalatinsk area in kazakhstan and at 7:00 am on 29 august 1949, the rds-1 charge exploded; this marked the successful completion of the development and testing of the first atomic bomb in the ussr and at a yield of 22 kilotons. at 7:00 am on 29 august 1949, the rds-1 charge exploded; this marked the successful completion of the development and testing of the first atomic bomb in the ussr.
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soviet scientists, aided greatly by soviet espionage within the manhattan project, would have been able to eventually build their first atomic bomb without exploitation of german technology and scientists. however, the contributions of the german scientists is borne out by the many ussr state prizes and other awards given in the wake of the second soviet atomic bomb test, a uranium-based atomic bomb; awards for uranium production and isotope separation were prevalent. also significant in both the first soviet atomic bomb testa plutonium-based atomic bomb which required a uranium reactor for plutonium generationand the second test, was the soviet acquisition of a significant amount of uranium immediately before and shortly after the close of world war ii. this saved them a year by their own admission.
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