The device was detonated at Lop Nur Test Base, or often dubbed as Lop Nur Nuclear Weapon Test Base, in Malan, Xinjiang, on 17 June 1967. With successful testing of this three-stage thermonuclear device, China became the fourth country to have successfully developed a thermonuclear weapon after the United States, Soviet Union and the United Kingdom. It was dropped from a Xian H-6 (Chinese manufactured Tu-16) of the 36th Air Division and was parachute-retarded for an airburst at 2960 meters.[1] The bomb was a three-stage device with a boosted U-235 primary and U-238 pusher. The yield was 3.3 megatons.
The film of the prior 1966 tests have been released, as well as a unidentified later test.[2]
It was a fully functional, full-scale, three-stage hydrogen bomb, tested just 32 months after China had made its first fission device. It remains to date the fastest of any country to successfully develop this capability.
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.[3]
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.[3]
^Allen, Kenneth W. (2 May 2022). "PLA Air Force Bomber Force Organization" (PDF). China Aerospace Studies Institute. Air University, Montgomery, Alabama.
^wolfkinler (2013-04-08), 中国的核试验1966, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2018-01-24
^ ab. Nuclear Threat Initiative. September 26, 2003. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
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test, codename, china, first, test, three, staged, thermonuclear, device, also, sixth, nuclear, weapons, test, part, bombs, satellite, program, test, megatons, informationcountrychinatest, sitelop, test, baseperiodjune, 1967number, tests1test, typeatmosphericd. Test No 6 is the codename for China s first test of a three staged thermonuclear device and also its sixth nuclear weapons test It was a part of the Two Bombs One Satellite program Test No 6Test No 6 3 3 megatons InformationCountryChinaTest siteLop Nur Test BasePeriodJune 17 1967Number of tests1Test typeAtmosphericDevice typeFusionMax yield3 3 megatons of TNT 14 PJ Test chronology 59616th test Contents 1 Development 2 Gallery 3 See also 4 References 4 1 Citations 4 2 SourcesDevelopment editThe device was detonated at Lop Nur Test Base or often dubbed as Lop Nur Nuclear Weapon Test Base in Malan Xinjiang on 17 June 1967 With successful testing of this three stage thermonuclear device China became the fourth country to have successfully developed a thermonuclear weapon after the United States Soviet Union and the United Kingdom It was dropped from a Xian H 6 Chinese manufactured Tu 16 of the 36th Air Division and was parachute retarded for an airburst at 2960 meters 1 The bomb was a three stage device with a boosted U 235 primary and U 238 pusher The yield was 3 3 megatons The film of the prior 1966 tests have been released as well as a unidentified later test 2 It was a fully functional full scale three stage hydrogen bomb tested just 32 months after China had made its first fission device It remains to date the fastest of any country to successfully develop this capability 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 3 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 3 Gallery edit nbsp nbsp nbsp source source source source source source See also editTwo Bombs One Satellite 816 Nuclear Military Plant List of Chinese nuclear tests List of states with nuclear weapons Teller Ulam designReferences editCitations edit Allen Kenneth W 2 May 2022 PLA Air Force Bomber Force Organization PDF China Aerospace Studies Institute Air University Montgomery Alabama 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 edit BooksNorris 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Test No 6 amp oldid 1180413887, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
