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  2. Tsar Bomba - Wikipedia

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    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] For comparison, the largest weapon ever produced by the US, the now-decommissioned B41 , had a predicted maximum yield of 25 Mt (100 PJ).

  3. Novaya Zemlya - Wikipedia

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    Novaya Zemlya was one of the two major nuclear test sites managed by the USSR along with the Semipalatinsk Test Site; it was used for air drops and underground testing of the largest of Soviet nuclear bombs, in particular the October 30, 1961, air burst explosion of Tsar Bomba, the largest, most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated.

  4. Mityushikha Bay - Wikipedia

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    Location: Far North: Coordinates ... Nuclear tests were conducted in 1961 in the area of the bay, including the 58 megaton yield Tsar Bomba. Geography

  5. Russia releases secret footage of 1961 'Tsar Bomba' hydrogen ...

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    The Tsar Bomba far surpassed the largest explosion the United States has ever conducted - a 15-megaton "Castle Bravo" hydrogen bomb detonated on Bikini Atoll in 1954. (Reporting by Maria Vasilyeva ...

  6. Severny Island - Wikipedia

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    The village was located 55 kilometres (34 miles) from ground zero within the Sukhoy Nos test range. Tsar Bomba was the most powerful nuclear weapon detonated and was the most powerful anthropogenic explosion in human history. It had a yield of 50 megatons of TNT, scaled down from its maximum 100 megaton design yield. [8]

  7. Russia releases secret footage of 1961 'Tsar Bomba ... - AOL

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    The hydrogen bomb, which carried the force of 50 million tons of conventional explosives, was detonated in a test in October 1961. Russia releases secret footage of 1961 'Tsar Bomba' hydrogen ...

  8. List of nuclear weapon explosion sites - Wikipedia

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    It is still in use for the latter today. C: Sukhoy Nos (Dry Nose) The area on the north side of Matochin Strait, used for air and rocket tests of massive blasts. The Tsar Bomba was tested here. The name refers to the land that forms the peninsula on the north side of the west end of the strait.

  9. Harrowing Google Earth update reveals Ukraine before and ...

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    Google has updated it's aerial maps of Ukraine for the first time since the start of Russia's attack - with images now revealing the full scale of devastation. The contrast is stark in Mariupol.