RDS-37 - the first Soviet two-stage thermonuclear bomb. Tested on November 22, 1955 at the Semipalatinsk test site by dropping from a Tu-16 bomber (It’s on a picture above). The nominal power of the bomb was approximately 3 MT, but during the test it was reduced by about half, to 1.6 MT. The explosion confirmed the possibility of overcoming the 1 MT mark, using x-rays from the fission reaction to compress lithium deuteride before synthesis ("radiation implosion").
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General Characteristics
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- Wingspan 5.0ft (1.5m)
- Length 20.8ft (6.3m)
- Height 5.0ft (1.5m)
- Empty Weight 1,754lbs (796kg)
- Loaded Weight 1,754lbs (796kg)
Performance
- Wing Loading 38.4lbs/ft2 (187.3kg/m2)
- Wing Area 45.7ft2 (4.3m2)
- Drag Points 1331
Parts
- Number of Parts 15
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 41
It's most clearly a TU-16 Badger
@KenworthK100TriAxle TU-16 actually, TU-95 dropped the Tsar Bomb, this bombs look very similar
It was dropped by a TU-95 bear
THICC 🅱️🅾️ℹ️
that plane looks like the Tu-160