RDS-2

The RDS-2 (Russian: РДС-2) was the second atomic bomb developed by the Soviet Union as an improved version of the RDS-1. It included new explosive lenses along with a new core design to decrease the probability of pre-detonation or 'fizzle'[1]. The RDS-2 weighed approximately 3200 kg and had a diameter of 1.25 m[lower-alpha 1][2]. The RDS-2 was tested on September 24, 1951 and produced a 38.3 kiloton yield. It was detonated from the top of a tower thirty meters high. The detonation was controlled by a bomber flying over the testing site instead of the detonation being controlled by a ground control center.

See also

Notes
  1. RDS-2 and RDS-3 differed only in nuclear core, hence similar weight and diameter

References

Citations
  1. Bukharin & Von Hippel 2001.
  2. RDS-27 2013.

Bibliography
  • Bukharin, Oleg; Von Hippel, Frank (2001). Podvig, Pavel Leonardovich (ed.). Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces. Cambridge Massachusetts: The MIT Press. ISBN 9780262162029.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Andryushin, I.A.; Chernyshev, A.K.; Udin, Yu.A. (2003). УКРОЩЕНИЕ ЯДРА [Nuclear taming] (PDF) (in Russian). Sarov: Red October. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 31, 2018.
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