Soviet video about the 50 Mt test on 30 Oct 1961: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfi0zYoqCY0 …
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Sure, but with a single primary and secondary, I assume. And "602" had two sets of them.
@wellerstein@russianforces
I have read of dual-primary devices tested by the US, but not dual secondaries.
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Interesting. Which ones?
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My understanding is that the early NII-1011 superbomb, the RDS-202, had two primaries.
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The RDS-202 was shelved and never tested. When, 5 years later, KB-11 was designing the "602"...
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...they borrowed the casing, drag chute system and - I assume - the general layout of the RDS-202.
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But since "602" was more powerful and it was designed to be relatively clean,..
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...they used staged devices instead of the primaries.
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