Test No. 6
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Test No. 6 is the codename for China's first test of a
Development
The device was detonated at
The film of the prior 1966 tests have been released, as well as a unidentified later test.[3]
It was a fully functional, full-scale, three-stage
China had received extensive technical help from the Soviet Union to jump-start their nuclear program, but by 1960, the rift between the Soviet Union and China had become so great that the Soviet Union ceased all assistance to China and refused to help the Chinese government with their nuclear program.[4]
The goal of China was to produce a thermonuclear device of at least a megaton in yield that could be dropped by an aircraft or carried by a ballistic missile. Several explosions to test thermonuclear weapon designs, characteristics and yield boosting preceded the thermonuclear test.[4]
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See also
- Two Bombs, One Satellite
- 816 Nuclear Military Plant
- List of Chinese nuclear tests
- List of states with nuclear weapons
- Teller–Ulam design
References
Citations
- ^ Zhang, Hui (2024-04-11). "The short march to China's hydrogen bomb". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Archived from the original on 2024-04-11. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
- ^ Allen, Kenneth W. (2 May 2022). "PLA Air Force Bomber Force Organization" (PDF). China Aerospace Studies Institute. Air University, Montgomery, Alabama. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-11-18. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
- ^ wolfkinler (2013-04-08), 中国的核试验1966, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2018-01-24
- ^ a b "China's Nuclear Weapon Development, Modernization and Testing". Nuclear Threat Initiative. September 26, 2003. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
Sources
- Books
- Norris, Robert, Burrows, Andrew, Fieldhouse, Richard. Nuclear Weapons Databook, Volume V, British, French and Chinese Nuclear Weapons. San Francisco, CA: Westview Press, 1994. ISBN 0-8133-1612-X.