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    The explosion of Tsar Bomba, according to the classification of nuclear explosions, was an ultra-high-power low-air nuclear explosion. The mushroom cloud of Tsar Bomba seen from a distance of 161 km (100 mi). The crown of the cloud is 65 km (40 mi) high at the time of the picture. (source: Rosatom State Corporation Communications Department 20 ...

  2. May 28, 2024 · Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation - Notable Nuclear Tests: Tsar Bomba (May 28, 2024) 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.

  3. Aug 25, 2020 · The explosive force of the device — nicknamed Tsar Bomba, or the Tsar’s bomb, and set off on Oct. 30, 1961 — was 50 megatons, or the equivalent of 50 million tons of conventional explosive.

  4. Aug 8, 2014 · 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. With a yield of 50 megatons of TNT, Tsar Bomba ...

  5. Nov 4, 2022 · In 1961, Russia detonated the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuke in history, over a remote Arctic island. New footage has been declassified and shared on YouTube.

  6. Jul 17, 2023 · The Tsar Bomba, detonated by the Soviet Union on October 30, 1961, remains the most powerful nuclear explosion in human history. It had profound and far-reaching effects, both immediate and long-term.

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  8. Sep 2, 2020 · The Soviet Union’s Tsar Bomba, or “King of Bombs,” truly lived up to its name, as new footage of the largest-ever nuclear explosion shows. Russia recently declassified a Soviet-made ...

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