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  2. Tsar Bomba - Wikipedia

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    The video has a few issues regarding incorrect facts: It states that the Tsar Bomba project broke the voluntary moratorium on nuclear tests. In fact, the Soviets had restarted their test program and broken the unilateral voluntary moratorium 30 days before Tsar Bomba, testing 45 times in that month. Since the moratorium was unilateral there was ...

  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. Sukhoy Nos - Wikipedia

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    Sukhoy Nos was a site of nuclear testing for the former USSR, being the third and the northernmost detonating site of three on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago (designated "Zone C"). It was used between 1958 and 1961 and in October 1961 was the site of the record-breaking 50-megaton hydrogen bomb, known as Tsar Bomba .

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

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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 ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. List of nuclear weapon explosion sites - Wikipedia

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    Balapan was the site of most of the Soviet bore-hole tests. It was also the site of the Chagan massive cratering test, which created Lake Chagan. Novaya Zemlya, Arkhangelsk, Russia: The second Soviet nuclear test site, specializing in the very large air dropped tests, including the largest ever, Tsar Bomba. A: Chyornaya Guba (Black Bay)

  8. List of nuclear weapons tests - Wikipedia

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    Test of the T-5 torpedo on September 21, 1955 at Novaya Zemlya. Test of the T-5 torpedo on October 10, 1957 at Novaya Zemlya. Test of the T-5 torpedo on October 23, 1961 at Novaya Zemlya. The People's Republic of China conducted CHIC-4 with a Dongfeng-2 rocket launch on October 25, 1966. The warhead exploded with a yield of 12 kt.

  9. Nuclear weapons testing - Wikipedia

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    Nuclear test detection experiments are designed to improve the capabilities to detect, locate, and identify nuclear detonations, in particular, to monitor compliance with test-ban treaties. In the United States these tests are associated with Operation Vela Uniform before the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty stopped all nuclear testing among ...