old world Archive on Instagram: "Soviet RDS-37 Hydrogen Bomb Test – Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan (1955) On November 22, 1955, the Soviet Union carried out its first true thermonuclear weapon test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan. Code-named RDS-37, the bomb was released from a Tu-16 bomber and detonated as an airburst with a yield of approximately 1.6 megatons. The test marked a decisive moment in the Cold War nuclear arms race, demonstrating the Soviet Union’s advanced hydrogen bomb ca

ConflictClub | Geopolitics Memes on Instagram: "China’s First Hydrogen Bomb Test: A Turning Point in History On June 17, 1967, China detonated its first hydrogen bomb, becoming the fourth nation to master thermonuclear weapons—just 32 months after its first atomic test in 1964. Codenamed Test No. 6, the explosion took place at Lop Nur, with an estimated yield of 3.3 megatons—over 200 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb. At the height of the Cold War, nuclear weapons were symbols of globa