The RDS-9 was part of a string of Nuclear weapon testing by the Soviet Union. It was tested on October 19, 1954.[1] This test was the first failure in the RDS series of tests. It was developed originally for the T-5 torpedo. The weapon was modified and retested in 1955.

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  1. ↑ Bukharin, Oleg; Kadyshev, Timur; Miaskinov, Eugene; Sutyagin, Igor; Tarasenko, Maxim; Zhelezov, Boris (2001). Podvig, Pavel (ed.). Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. ISBN 978-0262162029.
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