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 ...

This title goes to the terrifying “Tsar Bomba”, tested by the Soviet Union on October 30, 1961, which was designed to have the maximum explosive yield of 100 million tons (100 megatons ...

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 United ...

The Tsar Bomba, also referred to by its designation ... suspensions, and release mechanisms in order to successfully release the large nuclear weapon. Over the years, other Bear bomber variants ...