RDS-6s (Russian: РДС-6с; American codename: "Joe 4") was the first Soviet attempted test of a thermonuclear weapon that occurred on August 12, 1953, that detonated with an energy …

…known in the West as Joe-4 and in the Soviet Union as RDS-6, was detonated on August 12, 1953, with a yield of 400 kilotons. Significantly, it was a deliverable thermonuclear bomb—a …

The West labeled the device "Joe-4" because it was the fourth Soviet nuclear explosion to date. It was a true thermonuclear bomb that exploded on a tower but was capable of being carried by …

Joe 4 (Warhead name: RDS-6s (Reaktivnyi Dvigatel Specialnyi; Special Jet Engine)) was an American nickname for the first Soviet test of a thermonuclear weapon on August 12, 1953.

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On August 12, 1953, the USSR conducted its first thermonuclear test at the Semipalatinsk test site. The weapon used a design known as the "Sloika" model in which fission and fusion fuel …

First Soviet hydrogen bomb test Joe-4 (1953)

Dec 7, 2017 · Watch the video to learn about Joe 4, the Soviet Union's first hydrogen bomb.

Joe 4 (Warhead name: RDS-6s ("Reaktivnyi Dvigatel Stalina"; Stalin's Reaction Engine)) was an American nickname for the first Soviet test of a thermonuclear weapon on August 12, 1953.

The Soviet Union detonates a 400 kiloton thermonuclear weapon at the Semipalatinsk Test Site, Kazakhstan, in August 1953. Dubbed Joe-4 by the west, the bomb was significant because it …