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The USSR was the second country to test a nuclear weapon. The testing happened on August 29th 1949 with a bomb called RDS-1 (Reaktivnyi Dvigatel Stalina) in reference to Joseph Stalin.
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Who was the second nation to test the atomic bomb?
The Soviet Union
First atomic bomb explosion in Japan Where was it?
The first atom bomb was the test explosion at the White Sands test range in New Mexico. The first use in anger was at Hiroshima in Japan.
Why was the atomic bomb tested at white sands?
large test area and to see if bomb worked
Site where a second atomic bomb was dropped?
No atomic bombs were dropped after the war ! The two 'test' bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki before the second world war ended. It was the result of the devastation the bombs caused that brought the war to an end.
What did Truman keep secret from Stalin at potsdam?
The atomic bomb test
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