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Soviet Union Nuclear Testing
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Arms Race
Towards the end of WW2 the US dropped two of the first ever Nuclear bombs in war time. Thus starting in the arms race between the Soviet Union and the US. The two countries tried to out do eachother in making better nuclear weopons and it went on until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. -
Nuclear Chain Reaction
The soviets mkae a Nuclear Chain reaction, thus leading to their first detonation of an atom bomb. -
Nuclear test site
The Soviet Union did nuclear testing in Semipalatinsk. This was the test site for the Soviet Union from 1949 through 1958 -
Soviet Union's first Atomic Bomb
Soviet Union tested its first atomic bomb. This is start of its nuclear testing. They detonated this bomb at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan. -
Soviet Union Hydrogen Bomb
In 1953 the Soviet Union tested their first hydrogen bomb. This lead to the Tsar Bomba. -
Tsar Bomba
This was the largest Nuclear test in history. It was more twice of The Hiroshima bomb detonated in Japan. Tsar Bomba was detonated in Novaya Zemlya. -
Tsar Bomba Video
Video of the Tsar Bomba explosion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNSgxt5LsxY -
Last Nuclear Test
The Soviet Unions last atmospheric detonation before their collape took place in, Novaya Zemlya. -
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
A Treaty between Soviet Union, the United States, and Great Britain said that there can not be any Nuclear Testing in outer space, the Earth's atmosphere, and underwater, but underground testing was not banned. -
Novaya Zemlya
This was the next big test site after the Soviets decided that Kazakhstan was too close to people, to test huge nuclear weapons like Tsar Bomba. -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
On this date the Soviet Union ceased to exist. This was the end of all the Soviets nuclear testings.
