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The Tsar Bomba: Building the World's Biggest Nuke
The Tsar Bomba wasn’t just a bomb—it was a message. In 1961, the Soviet Union detonated the largest nuclear weapon ever built, unleashing a 50-megaton explosion that was 3,000 times more powerful than ...
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Operation Sundial: The Terrifying 10-Gigaton Nuclear Weapon That (Thankfully) Never Was
Imagine the power of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 and then multiply it by 670,000 times. Terrifying doesn't really ...
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A Historic Look at the Tsar Bomba Nuclear Test of 1961
The Tsar Bomba's explosion was unparalleled in power. With a 50 megaton capacity, this nuclear test was estimated to be 3,800 times the strength of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. And although short video ...
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Detonating the most powerful nuclear bomb in space
And all this came from a 1.4 megaton bomb. Tsar Bomba, which was the largest nuclear bomb that has ever been detonated, was 50 megatons. So what would happen if we detonated that above the ...
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This map shows what a nuclear bomb would do if it landed right on your house
You can tweak the settings of the blast and choose one of four bombs ranging from the original “Little Boy” nuke to Russia’s Tsar ... explosion causes can be downright absurd. By default ...
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Why Russia’s TOS-1A Thermobaric Weapon Is So Deadly and Controversial
Russia’s TOS-1A “vacuum bomb” is so deadly that analysts advised Ukraine to destroy the weapons before Russia could use them. WSJ explains how its unique explosion can suck the air out of ...
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The biggest human-made explosion in history happened 54 years ago this week
A bomb of the its yield had little practical applicability ... larger and more alarming weapons from being built. Video of the Tsar Bomba detonation can be found here, as part of an episode ...
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The first atomic bomb is detonated
Photo: Atomic bomb test explosion in Alamagordo, New Mexico, July 16, 1945. AP/Wide World Photos In 1932, James Chadwick discovered the neutron, a small atomic particle with mass but no charge.
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State of Emergency Declared as Huge Explosion Rocks Russia’s Vladimir Region
A powerful explosion rocked central Russia’s Vladimir region, local authorities said Tuesday, as unconfirmed reports ...