Test 219

Test 219 was a nuclear test conducted by the Soviet Union in the atmosphere via ICBM. The test was performed on December 22, 1962 over the Novaya Zemlya test range. It was a thermonuclear fusion bomb with a yield of about 24.4 megatons and a destruction radius of about 6 mi (9.7 km), making it the second largest thermonuclear explosion in history, only behind the Tsar Bomba test.^[1] It exploded at height of 2.44 mi (3.75 km).

Test 219
Information
Country	Soviet Union
Test site	Novaya Zemlya Test Range, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Date	December 22, 1962
Number of tests	1
Test type	Atmospheric Test
Device type	Fusion
Max. yield	Total yield 24.3 megatons of TNT (102 PJ)
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