Test 219
Test 219 | |
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Information | |
Country | Soviet Union |
Test site | Novaya Zemlya Test Range, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic |
Date | December 22, 1962 |
Number of tests | 1 |
Test type | Atmospheric Test |
Device type | Fusion |
Max. yield | Total yield 24.3 megatons of TNT (102 PJ) |
Test chronology | |
Test 219 was a nuclear test conducted by the Soviet Union in the atmosphere via ICBM. The test was performed on December 22, 1962 over the Novaya Zemlya test range. It was a thermonuclear fusion bomb with a yield of about 24.4 megatons and a destruction radius of about 6 mi (9.7 km), making it the second largest thermonuclear explosion in history, only behind the Tsar Bomba test.[1] It exploded at height of 2.44 mi (3.75 km).
References
[edit]- ^ "Nuclear Weapons Archive". 7 October 1997. Retrieved 4 March 2010.