The Tsar Bomba, the largest and most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated, remains an iconic and terrifying testament to the destructive power of nuclear energy. Developed by the Soviet Union during ...

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Using a nuclear explosion yield of 81 gigatons, ... The explosion would be well over a thousand times bigger than the 50-megaton 'Tsar Bomba' test, conducted in 1961 by the Soviet Union in 1961.

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The modified Bear variant was equipped with new mechanisms to allow it to successfully release the Tsar Bomba, as referred to by its AN602 designation. Over the last half-century or so, ...