Soviet Union tested its first nuclear bomb on_________?
Correct answer: B. 29 August 1949
- A. 22 August 1949
- B. 29 August 1949
- C. 25 August 1950
- D. 16 August 1944Downloading Interactive Geographic Maps
Explanation
The Soviet Union conducted its first nuclear test, code-named RDS-1, on 29 August 1949 at the Semipalatinsk test site in present-day Kazakhstan. This ended the United States’ early monopoly on atomic weapons.
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