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. 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. The device offically designated rds 220 known to its designers as big ivan and nicknamed in the west tsar bomba and referred to as the big bomb by sakharov in his memoirs sakharov 1990 was the largest nuclear weapon ever constructed or detonated this three stage weapon was actually a 100 megaton bomb design but the uranium fusion stage tamper of the tertiary and possibly the secondary. 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. 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. 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. Tested on 30 october 1961 as an experimental verification of calculation principles and multi stage thermonuclear weapon designs it.
Tsar bomb was the most powerful nuclear weapon ever created.
Tsar bomba nuclear bomb crater. The soviet rds 220 hydrogen bomb code name ivan or vanya known to the western nations as tsar bomba russian.
The soviet rds 220 hydrogen bomb code name ivan or vanya known to the western nations as tsar bomba russian.
