Podcasts History HistoryPod 29th August 1949: USSR successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon, codenamed RDS-1 and nicknamed First Lightning

29th August 1949: USSR successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon, codenamed RDS-1 and nicknamed First Lightning

Published: Aug. 29, 2023, 2:05 a.m.

b'The explosion had the power of 22 kilotons of TNT, and was 50% more destructive than its designers had ...'