This website was created at the 50 year anniversary of the detonation and you can find here videos of the detonation maps of the location as well as some interesting facts. Map and location interesting facts and information about the largest nuclear bomb detonated. Tsar bomb emperor bomb tsar being derived from caesar is the nickname for the an602 hydrogen bomb the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated.
But because the bomb was detonated in the air it didn t cause a crazy shockwave on the ground. If we were using the richter scale the general tool used to measure the strength of earthquakes the tsar bomba would have measured an 8 1. By croquant cc by sa 3 0.
Tsar bomba casing seen on display. Developed by the soviet union the bomb was originally designed to. Tsar bomba is the western name for the rds 220 hydrogen bomb codenamed иван ivan by its developers the largest most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated.
Tsar bomba crater largest nuke detonated google maps. The bomb was built in 1961 by a. The largest nuclear weapon ever set off it produced the most powerful human made explosion ever recorded.
King of bombs soviet thermonuclear bomb that was detonated in a test over novaya zemlya island in the arctic ocean on october 30 1961. To shock and to awe both the united states and nato allies. The tsar bomba achieved what it was designed for.
The most powerful nuclear weapon ever created. A dub locote 1 353 541 views. Tsar bomba s 1080p ᴴᴰ novaya zemlya russia equal to about 58 megatons of tnt mt 240 pj duration.
Tested on 30 october 1961 as an experimental verification of calculation principles and multi stage thermonuclear weapon designs it.
Nuclear bomb crater tsar bomba. The soviet rds 220 hydrogen bomb code name ivan or vanya known to the western nations as tsar bomba russian. Tsar bomb was the most powerful nuclear weapon ever created.
Tsar bomb was the most powerful nuclear weapon ever created. The soviet rds 220 hydrogen bomb code name ivan or vanya known to the western nations as tsar bomba russian.
