Test 219

Test 219
Information
Country Soviet Union
Test site Novaya Zemlya Test Range, Russian Federation
Date December 24, 1962
Number of tests 1
Test type Atmospheric Test
Device type Fusion
Max. yield Total yield 24.2 megatons of TNT (101 PJ)
Test chronology

Test 219 was a nuclear test conducted by the Soviet Union in the atmosphere via ICBM. The test was performed on December 24, 1962 over the Novaya Zemlya test range. It was a thermonuclear fusion bomb with a yield of about 24.2 megatons and a destruction radius of about six miles, making it the second largest thermonuclear explosion in history behind Tsar Bomba.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Nuclear Weapons Archive http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Russia/Sovatmtest.html

Coordinates: 73°36′00″N 57°30′00″E / 73.6000°N 57.5000°E / 73.6000; 57.5000

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