Question

Based on the following chart of nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons history of the “nuclear club”, what can you infer about the birth of nuclear weapons?

A) beginning in the 1940s, both the United States and the United Kingdom lead the way in successfully testing nuclear weapons

B) beginning in the 1940s, both the United States and Russia lead the way and successfully testing nuclear weapons

C) beginning in the 1940s, Russia was the first country to successfully Tess a nuclear warhead.

D) beginning in the 1940s, both the United States and China lead the way in successfully testing nuclear weapons.

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Answer 1

The answer is (B) beginning in the 1940s, both the United States and Russia lead the way and successfully testing nuclear weapons

U.S. conducted six atomic tests before Russia developed their very first atomic bomb (RDS-1) and tested it on the 29th of August, 1949. Testing these bombs back then for both countries were relatively infrequent because they did not have very many atomic bombs to spare. The Trinity was tested on the 16th of July 1945 and yielded around 20 kilotons.

Trinity, which was conducted in New Mexico was tested to give an idea of the actual size and the after- effects of a nuclear explosion. Operation first lightning or the RDS-1 also known as Joe 1 in the west was tested on August 29th 1949 and considered this test as the first Soviet nuclear test.