Raduga (nuclear test)

Raduga
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Country Soviet Union
Test site Novaya Zemlya Test Range, Russian Federation
Period October 1961
Number of tests 1
Test type Atmospheric Test
Device type Fusion
Max. yield Total yield 1,450 kilotons of TNT (6,100 TJ)
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Raduga (in Russian Радуга, Rainbow) is the codename of a Soviet thermonuclear test, conducted in October 20, 1961, in Mityushikha Bay, Severny Island of Novaya Zemlya.

The test was realized by the Northern Fleet. A R-13 rocket with a thermonuclear warhead was fired from a submarine K-102. When the submarine reached the specified point in the Barents Sea, she could not clarify her position due to cloudiness and snowfall. A R-13 rocket without nuclear warheads was fired first, which fell with a strong deviation from the testing ground. However, it was decided to continue the experiment in spite of bad weather. The next rocket reached the target point with a deviation less than the previous one, exploded at a 1000 m height and released an energy of 1450 kilotons.

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