Test 219

{{Short description|Thermonuclear explosion}}

{{Infobox Nuclear weapons test

|name =Test 219

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|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 {{convert|24.3|MtonTNT|lk=in}}

|previous_test =Joe-168

|next_test =Chagan

}}

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 {{convert|6|mi|abbr=on}}, making it the second largest thermonuclear explosion in history, only behind the Tsar Bomba test.{{cite web |url=http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Russia/Sovatmtest.html |title=Nuclear Weapons Archive |date=7 October 1997 |access-date=4 March 2010}} It exploded at height of 2.44 mi (3.75 km).