Tsar Bomba - Wikipedia
According to initial data, the Tsar Bomba had a nuclear yield of 58.6 Mt (245 PJ) (significantly exceeding what the design itself would suggest) and was overestimated at values all the way up to 75 Mt (310 PJ).
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Tsar Bomba: The Largest Atomic Test in World History
Everything within three dozen miles of the impact was vaporized, but severe damage extended to 150 miles radius—enough to entirely annihilate any modern major city, including suburbs. Windows in faraway Norway and Finland were shattered by the force of the blast.
Tsar Bomba: The Most Powerful Nuclear Weapon Ever Built
When the giant bomb finally detonated about 13,000 feet (4 kilometers) over its target, the blast was so powerful that it destroyed everything within a nearly 22-mile (35-kilometer) radius, and generated a mushroom cloud that towered nearly 200,000 feet (60 kilometers).
Tsar Bomba | History, Location, Megatons, & Facts | Britannica
Oct 23, 2024 · Tsar Bomba, Soviet thermonuclear bomb that was detonated in a test over Novaya Zemlya island in the Arctic Ocean on October 30, 1961. The largest nuclear weapon ever set off, it produced the most powerful human-made explosion ever recorded.
The untold story of the world’s biggest nuclear bomb
The secret history of the world’s largest nuclear detonation is coming to light after 60 years. The United States dismissed the gigantic Tsar Bomba as a stunt, but behind the scenes was working to build a “superbomb” of its own.
Revisiting the “Tsar Bomba” nuclear test - Ars Technica
Dec 8, 2021 · The 60,000-pound (27 metric tons) test bomb's explosive yield was 50 million tons (50 megatons) of TNT, although the design had a maximum explosive yield of 100 million tons (100 megatons).
New Video Shows Largest Hydrogen Bomb Ever Exploded
Aug 25, 2020 · The explosive force of the device — nicknamed Tsar Bomba, or the Tsar’s bomb, and set off on Oct. 30, 1961 — was 50 megatons, or the equivalent of 50 million tons of conventional explosive.
How the USSR tested the biggest nuclear bomb in history - BBC
Nov 10, 2017 · The Tsar Bomba, commissioned by Nikita Khrushchev to enhance the Soviet strategic position in the race for nuclear weapons, remains the most powerful atomic bomb ever exploded.
Tsar Bomba - Nuclear Museum
Aug 8, 2014 · Tsar Bomba (in Russian, Царь-бомба) is the Western nickname for the Soviet RDS-220 (РДС-220) hydrogen bomb (code name Vanya). Detonated by the Soviet Union on October 30, 1961, Tsar Bomba is the largest nuclear device ever detonated and the most powerful man-made explosion in history.