The Tsar Bomba is the single most physically powerful device ever deployed on Earth, the most powerful nuclear bomb tested and the largest human-made explosion in history. [ 64 ]

2022年5月13日 · As the Cold War escalated in the years after WWII, the U.S. and the Soviet Union tested bombs that were at least 500 times greater in explosive power. This infographic …

2022年3月11日 · On Oct. 30, 1961, the Soviet Union dropped the most powerful nuclear weapon ever exploded on the archipelago of Novaya Zemlya, north of the arctic circle. Yielding an …

2016年12月27日 · To put the size of history's largest nuclear blasts to scale, we have used Alex Wellerstein's Nukemap, a tool for visualising the terrifying real-world impact of a nuclear explosion. In the following maps, the first ring of the blast is …

On July 16, 1945, the Americans tested the first atomic bomb. The test was codenamed ‘Trinity’ and took place in the desert of New Mexico. The explosion developed an energetic force of 20 kilotons, equivalent to the energy released by the explosion of 20,000 tons of TNT.

2022年11月4日 · In October 1961, the Soviet Union dropped the most powerful nuclear bomb in history over a remote island north of the Arctic Circle. Though the bomb detonated nearly 2.5 miles (4...

2024年12月11日 · 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.

Tsar Bomba, the largest and most powerful nuclear bomb ever created, shown here in a photo from the Russian Atomic Weapon Museum in Sarov, was detonated in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in October 1961.

2014年8月8日 · 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.

2022年5月16日 · As the Cold War escalated in the years after WWII, the U.S. and the Soviet Union tested bombs that were at least 500 times greater in explosive power. This infographic visually compares the 10 largest nuclear explosions in history. After exploding, nuclear bombs create giant fireballs that generate a blinding flash and a searing heatwave.