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 conducted by the Northern Fleet. A R-13 missile with a thermonuclear warhead was fired from submarine K-102. When the submarine reached the specified point in the Barents Sea, she could not establish her position due to cloudiness and snowfall. A R-13 missile without a nuclear warhead was fired first, which missed the aiming point by a wide margin. However, it was decided to continue the test in spite of bad weather. The second missile performed better and its miss distance was less than the previous one, and detonated at 1000 meters height, yielding 1.45 megatons.


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