In 1961, the Soviet Union detonated the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear weapon ever tested. Its shockwave traveled across continents, and even its designers feared the devastation it could cause. The bomb was so destructive that only a reduced version was ever exploded. | Geographic Enigma

In 1961, at the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union detonated the Tsar Bomba, the largest and most powerful nuclear weapon ever created by humankind. Dropped over the remote Arctic island of Novaya Zemlya, the 50-megaton hydrogen bomb produced an explosion so immense it defied comprehension — its mushroom cloud rose nearly 60 kilometers into the sky, seven times taller than Mount Everest, and was visible from over 600 miles away. The shockwave circled the Earth three times, and windows shat

On October 30, 1961, the Soviet Union detonated Tsar Bomba over Novaya Zemlya. With a yield of 50 megatons, it remains the largest explosion in human history, more than 4,000 times stronger than Hiroshima. The crew dropping it had only a 50% chance of survival. They made it home, barely. #TheWarRoom #ColdWarHistory #TsarBomba #fblifestyle | The War Room