RDS-220

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf nuclear test
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Tsar_Bomba
gptkbp:blastRadius 35 km (total destruction)
gptkbp:casualties none (test in remote area)
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:deliveredBy parachute-retarded free-fall bomb
gptkbp:designer gptkb:Andrei_Sakharov
gptkbp:detonationAltitude 4,000 meters
gptkbp:diameter 2.1 meters
gptkbp:fallout relatively low for size due to design
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label RDS-220
gptkbp:impact window damage up to 900 km away
gptkbp:length 8 meters
gptkbp:mushroomCloudDiameter 95 km
gptkbp:mushroomCloudHeight 64 km
gptkbp:originalDesignYield 100 megatons TNT
gptkbp:purpose nuclear weapon test
gptkbp:reducedYieldReason to limit fallout and aircraft safety
gptkbp:significance largest nuclear device ever detonated
gptkbp:type airburst
1961-10-30
gptkbp:usedInAircraft Tupolev Tu-95V
gptkbp:website gptkb:Novaya_Zemlya
gptkbp:weight 27,000 kg
gptkbp:yield 50 megatons TNT
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Soviet_nuclear_weapons_program
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7