In 1961, the Soviet Union detonated Tsar Bomba, a hydrogen bomb with a 50-megaton yield—the largest explosion ever created by humans. The blast was about 3,800 times stronger than Hiroshima and ...
On October 30, 1961, the Soviet Union detonated the Tsar Bomba over Novaya Zemlya. At 50 megatons, it was the most powerful ...