RDS-37

RDS-37
Information
CountrySoviet Union
Test siteSemipalatinsk Test Site, Kazakh SSR
PeriodNovember 1955
Number of tests1
Test typeAtmospheric test
Device typeFusion
Max. yieldTotal yield 1.6 megatons of TNT (6.7 PJ)
Test chronology
← RDS-27
RDS-41 →

RDS-37 was the Soviet Union's first two-stage hydrogen bomb, first tested on 22 November 1955. The weapon had a nominal yield of approximately 3 megatons. It was scaled down to 1.6 megatons for the live test.[1]

  1. ^ "22 November 1955 - RDS-37: CTBTO Preparatory Commission".