The USSR carried out its first test of a nuclear device on 29 August, 1949. Its scientists’ work helped ensure global strategic stability for over 70 years, preventing the Cold War from turning hot and assuring post-Soviet Russia a guaranteed response capability to any major foreign military aggression.
Last Physicist Involved in Creation of Soviet Nuclear Bomb Dead at 101
January 9, 2021 | Sputnik | Shares: 134
