Talk:1978 Soviet nuclear tests

Neutron Bomb
This was added; "According to an article that appeared in 2010 on the Russia state broadcaster RT, on November 17, 1978, the USSR detonated it's first neutron bomb. However this test detonation, if it indeed occurred on the date given, is not listed below."

Indeed the article says that on Nov 17 1979 the USSR tested a neutron weapon. While it is always possible the lists are wrong (and there are at least four in the refs) I doubt very much this actually happened. Not that the Soviets never tested a neutron weapon, but that there is significance to the day and that this addition is important. There is no reason for the Russians to have dissembled on this, AFAIK, they talked about a lot that was more sensitive than the development of an essentially failed weapon. I'll leave it to the encyclopedia waloos to determine if this is important enough to remain, particularly with only a reference from Russia Today (heck, I'll even fix up the reference), which article has several other egregious errors in it. The worst is by omission, not writing anything about what the neutron weapon was actually for. It was intended to kill tank crews, whose tanks protected them from the blast and thermal.

I did like the part where they say the Soviets used the neutron bomb as reverse propaganda against the US atomic establishment, however. SkoreKeep (talk) 07:30, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

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SkoreKeep (talk) 13:24, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

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