Actually not. First Soviet then H-bomb of that kind (today this kind is classified as fusion-boosted fission-bombs or H-boosted A-bombs) was 400kt RDS-6s two years before. But that was a bomb for scientists. This was an army-streamlined version of it. Easier to mass-produce, to store and to deploy. But the yield got reduced almost two-fold. The first true H-bomb was RDS-37 year later. While it used few parts from RDS-6s, it was cardinally different design. Basically scientists were split by two competing projects: this one (making RDS-6s army-ready) and finding ways to make true H bomb (after realizing RDS-6s to be a dead end). Would they not spend efforts and materiel at this bomb, the H bomb would be made earlier. However, it is not and army for the bomb but a bomb for the army. The priority was arming USSR with practical bombs, even if dead end for pure science, then to go pursuing ideal designs
The best thing here is how google robot tries to make subtitles mistaking the language.
Could someone translate the yield of the weapon, please.....
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it stands for a hydrogen bomb
Actually not.
First Soviet then H-bomb of that kind (today this kind is classified as fusion-boosted fission-bombs or H-boosted A-bombs) was 400kt RDS-6s two years before. But that was a bomb for scientists.
This was an army-streamlined version of it. Easier to mass-produce, to store and to deploy. But the yield got reduced almost two-fold.
The first true H-bomb was RDS-37 year later. While it used few parts from RDS-6s, it was cardinally different design.
Basically scientists were split by two competing projects: this one (making RDS-6s army-ready) and finding ways to make true H bomb (after realizing RDS-6s to be a dead end).
Would they not spend efforts and materiel at this bomb, the H bomb would be made earlier.
However, it is not and army for the bomb but a bomb for the army. The priority was arming USSR with practical bombs, even if dead end for pure science, then to go pursuing ideal designs
250 Kiloton
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