Talk:RDS-1

message: (William M. Connolley 23:42, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

message: * From http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Russia/Sovwpnprog.html, its not clear whether First Lightning was a more official Western codename, or the USSR code. I'd guess the former.
* I think "Joe" comes from a generic expression for a Russian (which itself comes from J Stalin) rather than directly from JS.
* The stuff about the meaning of RDS-1 might be incorporated too?
Nice picture.
*I've always heard that the "Joe" was in respect to Stalin, but I could probably source that. My guess on "First Lightning" is the latter, only because it doesn't really resonate at all in English (and the US PR men usually picked good names for this sort of thing). In Russian I believe it would be, "Pervaya Molniya," I believe. --Fastfission 01:09, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The original wording implied that the Rosenbergs were the central figures in the passing of nuclear secrets. When the dominoes began to fall, it was Fuchs who fell first, who then named others, who in turn named Julius Rosenberg. Thus I entered Fuchs where the Rosenbergs were. Wulfe 21:12, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Rosenbergs

message: Is there a reason the article is called "Joe One" rather than "Joe-1" or "Joe 1"? I've never seen a source use the former, with the spelled "One." Is this a Wikipedia naming convention? It's not crucial but I find it a little odd (especially since we also have Joe 4). --Fastfission 01:17, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Naming

message: Mea culpa.  I wrote the original, and if a better title is appropriate, fine.  It hit me too, as Joe 4 is titled as such.  I was about to move the article once, but got too distracted.  This I shall do now.
dino 19:44, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: More naming

message: Why is it redirected from the official RDS-1 to Joe 1, surely it should work the other way around. --60.224.14.194 02:45, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Joe 1 

message: I found a website which claims the picture for Joe-1 is actually that of the 1965 "Chagan" nuclear test instead.  Somebeody should confirm this.
http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Russia/Sovwpnprog.html 
*This is a picture of Joe-1. This is a picture of Chagan. They are pretty easy to tell apart if you know what to look for (the latter is obviously a cratering shot). Which is what the other page says, though the layout is confusing. --Fastfission 15:50, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture

message: Their appears to be to lights on the front of the RSD 1's shell. can anyone prove or disprove this?  The reason this would actually make sense is to alert the crew of the bomber to its position. Or it could be a form of terrorism (IF they dropped one bomb and there where survivors then they could just drop a shell to scare a city sense less.--GMWhilhuffTarkin (talk) 19:42, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  lights on the shell? 

message: DOES NOT SAY WHAT NUCLEAR FUEL WAS USED. I presume it was Plutonium?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.203.239.253 (talk) 11:01, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes --Mr.98 (talk) 17:30, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it was a copy of the plutonium-bomb Fat Man. So it should have been a plutonium bomb. But what i want to know: where did the plutonium come from? Not from a uranium enrichment plant. So why mention that "A uranium-235 plant was built near Chelyabinsk in 1948."?ospalh (talk) 20:29, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm. Chelyabinsk-65. "The first production reactor (Reactor A) went into operation in June 1948 and the first batch of plutonium was produced at the radiochemical plant (Plant B) on February 26, 1948." Wait. What‽ The reactor had produced plutonium before it became critical? I'd guess the Pu probably came from those reactors anyway. But is that good enough‽ ospalh (talk) 21:52, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uranium or plutonium? 

message: much more interesting name than 'RDS-1' imho.  Decora (talk) 21:08, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  first lightning 

message: Is there an reliable source of this naming? Russians are strongly disagree with that one - they said it never occured.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.72.24.59 (talk) 17:12, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It went off like g-g-greased lightning.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.67.149.171 (talk) 18:12, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: According to the editor of the book on Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces, Pavel Podrig, the name First Lightening was not heard in the Soviet Union until the 90s. He says that in a comment on Wellerstein's blog, though I don't remember which article. SkoreKeep (talk) 15:55, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  First Lightning