RDS-37 Soviet hydrogen bomb test (1955)
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Published 2015-08-26
On 22 November 1955, the Soviet Union conducted its first hydrogen bomb test, code-named RDS-37, at the Semipalatinsk Test Site. The RDS-37 was dropped from a Tupolev Tu-16 bomber and detonated at an altitude of 1550 m with a yield of 1.6 Megatons.
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The atmosphere at the end of the video is more terrifying than any horror movie.
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Fun fact: The parachute on the bomb was to give the bomber crew the best chance of escaping the blast, and even then they barely escaped
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My god.. that last scene is the scariest setting i have ever seen in my life. This is real ..
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RDS-37 is not a Tsar bomba! RDS-37 was the Soviet Union's first two-stage hydrogen bomb, first tested on 22 November 1955. The weapon had a nominal yield of approximately 3 megatons. It was scaled down to 1.6 megatons for the live test. The weapon was air-dropped at Semipalatinsk Test Site, Kazakhstan, making it the first air-dropped two-stage thermonuclear test.
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That’s what 65 year old technology was like. Just imagine how much these have “improved” over the years.
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TO SHOW THE POWER OF FLEX TAPE I BROKE THIS ATOM IN HALF
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I’m both in awe and total shock over this. It’s an amazing piece of engineering but the sheer devastation and loss of life would be catastrophic. The fact we felt the need to create such weapons is sad as hell.
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So grateful for things like this being available. This footage was super secret once upon a time. Somebody found it, transferred it, and here we are. What an amazing and terrifying world we live in.
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In Soviet Russia, the soldiers watch nuclear bomb test sitting on a bench with full on sunglasses like they are watching a solar eclipse.
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Rare footage of California gender reveal
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The last shot with a giant black cloud covering almost 100% of the sky is the most beautiful and at the same time terrifying piece of footage i've ever seen.
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Those three men were not the only ones in the frame. There were a few more people if you look closely. And a dog ran from right to left just when the men fell down.
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That last scene with the howling wind and the great dark cloud overhead was truly chilling to behold. Like a storm but entirely man made.
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I listened to soldiers talk about how bright the flash really was from test detonations. They said, even with their eyes closed and their hands covering their eyes, they could still see the light through their flesh. They could see the bones in their hands through their closed eyelids, and it was STILL too bright.
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the 4 seconds of darkness at the end gave me chill 😵💫
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Its amazing how much energy is contained inside a few atoms.
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"Hairspray destroys the atmosphere" meanwhile Governments...
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It always amazed me that the cameras recording the events, survived the blasts, and subsequent shock waves.
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The end shot of that giant overcast cloud was just absolutely terrifying
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1:10 this is the town Kurchatov located in Kazakhstan. The camera is most likely mounted on the roof of the town administration building. The camera is facing southwest, looking over the town square and the Kurchatov monument. The explosion happens ~66.4km away in Utebay at the Semipalatinsk Test Site, aka the Polygon.
