The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" id="mwsg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> launches <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDS-37" id="mwsw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="RDS-37">RDS-37</a>, a 1.6 megaton <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermonuclear_weapon" id="mwtA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thermonuclear weapon">two stage hydrogen bomb</a> designed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Sakharov" id="mwtQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Andrei Sakharov">Andrei Sakharov</a>. The bomb was dropped over <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site" id="mwtg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Semipalatinsk Test Site">Semipalatinsk</a>.<sup about="#mwt102" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-19"}}' id="cite_ref-19" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./November_22#cite_note-19" id="mwtw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 19;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwuA">[19]</span></a></sup>
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