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He was appointed Lead nuclear weapons test pilot, in charge of dropping the Tsar Bomba as part of the Nuclear weapons testing program of the Soviet Union. [1] The test took place on October 30 At Cape Sukhoi Nos, 15 km (9.3 mi) from Mityushikha Bay, north of Matochkin Strait, at 11:33 am.
The name Tsar Bomba (loosely translated as Emperor of Bombs) comes from an allusion to two other Russian historical artifacts, the Tsar Cannon and the Tsar Bell, both of which were created as showpieces but whose large size made them impractical for use. The name "Tsar Bomba" does not seem to have been used for the weapon prior to the 1990s. [8]
Formerly known as Christmas Island (the Pacific one, not the one in the Indian Ocean) Kiritimati was used as an air base for bombers dropping nuclear tests mostly south of the island. It hosted most of the Operation Dominic drops as well as most of Britain's Operation Grapple. Nevada National Security Site (formerly known as Nevada Test Site, NTS)
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For the first time in nearly 60 years, Russian energy corporation Rosatom has released video of the most powerful nuclear bomb ever to be detonated on Earth, reported IFL Science. The enthralling ...
Developed between 1956 and 1961 as the Soviet Union engaged in a nuclear arms race with the United States, the Tsar Bomba - the King of Bombs - was the largest hydrogen bomb ever and was claimed ...
Tsar Bomba, October 30, 1961: largest nuclear weapon ever detonated, with a design yield of 100 Mt, de-rated to 50 Mt for the test drop. Chagan , January 15, 1965: large cratering experiment as part of Nuclear Explosions for the National Economy program, which created an artificial lake.
The Soviets also tested the world's most powerful thermonuclear bomb ("Tsar Bomba") in Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic Circle, creating the largest man-made explosion in history. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] They also accepted the removal of Stalin's remains from the Lenin Mausoleum , [ 6 ] the renaming of several cities named after Stalin and other Stalin-era ...