See also: List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union.
1955 | |
Country: | Soviet Union |
Test Site: | Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; NZ Area A, Chyornaya Guba, Novaya Zemlya, Russia |
Period: | 1955 |
Number Of Tests: | 7 |
Test Type: | air drop, dry surface, underwater |
Max Yield: | 1.6MtTNT |
Next Series: | 1956 Soviet nuclear tests |
The Soviet Union's 1955 nuclear test series was a group of 7 nuclear tests conducted in 1955. These tests followed the 1954 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1956 Soviet nuclear tests series.
- !style="background:#ffdead;" | Name [1] !style="background:#efefef;" | Date time (UT) !style="background:#ffdead;" | Local time zone[2] [3] !style="background:#efefef;" | Location[4] !style="background:#ffdead;" | Elevation + height [5] !style="background:#efefef;" | Delivery, [6] Purpose [7] !style="background:#efefef;" | Device[8] !style="background:#ffdead;" | Yield[9] !style="background:#efefef;" class="unsortable" | Fallout[10] !style="background:#ffdead;" class="unsortable" | References !style="background:#efefef;" class="unsortable" | Notes | - ! 19 (Joe 15) | 02:00:?? | ALMT (6 hrs) | Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ 50.4°N 77.8°W | 280m (920feet) + 2m (07feet) | dry surface, weapons development | RDS-9 | Tests of the T-5 torpedo warhead RDS-9. | - ! 20 (Joe 16) | 03:00:?? | ALMT (6 hrs) | Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan 50.372°N 77.825°W | 280m (920feet) + 2m (07feet) | dry surface, weapons development | RDS-9 | Tests of the T-5 torpedo warhead RDS-9. | - ! 21 | ALMT (6 hrs) | Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan 50.372°N 77.825°W | 280m (920feet) + 1m (03feet) | dry surface, weapons development | RDS-9 | Tests of the T-5 torpedo warhead RDS-9. | - ! unnumbered #1 | ALMT (6 hrs) | Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan 50.372°N 77.825°W | 280m (920feet) + | dry surface, | - ! 22 (Joe 17) | 05:00:54 | MSK (3 hrs) | NZ Area A, Chyornaya Guba, Novaya Zemlya, Russia 70.703°N 54.6°W | 0–12m (39feet) | underwater, weapon effect | RDS-9/T-5 torpedo | First test at NTSNZ of a torpedo design. 30 ships arrayed around the blast, some quite new. Sunk and damaged several. | - ! 23 (Joe 18) | 04:50:?? | ALMT (6 hrs) | Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ 50.4°N 77.8°W | 280m (920feet) + 1000m (3,000feet) | air drop, weapons development | RDS-27 | aka RDS-27, boosted fission. | - ! 24 Binarnaya (Binary)? (Joe 19) | ALMT (6 hrs) | Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan 50.42°N 77.78°W | 280m (920feet) + 1550m (5,090feet) | air drop, weapons development | RDS-37 | aka RDS-37, Soviet superbomb. 2 stage radiation implosion (Sakharov's "third idea", the equivalent to the Teller-Ullam design). Two people were killed in collapses because an inversion layer focused the energy, 47 other injuries. |