It is equivalent to 50 million tons of TNT, and the fireball is nearly 20 kilometers in diameter. 1000 km away, it can be seen that the explosive force can make the mainland translate.
According to media reports on August 25th,1October 30th196/kloc-0 10, the Soviet Union dropped its code name on the new island in the Arctic Ocean. Ivan? The nuclear bomb is by far the largest nuclear bomb, equivalent to about 50 million tons of TNT. However, the images of this test explosion have been kept strictly confidential. This huge nuclear bomb is called. Product 202? Developed under the project, it took many years for western countries to know the name of this weapon. Tsar Bamba? .
On August 20, 2020, Rosatom released a 30-minute documentary on her official account, which showed for the first time? Tsar Bamba? Test the details of the explosion. The broadcast of this documentary coincides with the 75th anniversary of Russian nuclear industry, although it is called by the West? Doomsday weapon? This is an unusual way to commemorate thermonuclear bombs, but it is indeed a remarkable technological achievement.
Tsar Bamba? It was put forward by Khrushchev and officially approved in July 196 1. Khrushchev asked engineers to develop a thermonuclear weapon with the equivalent of 654.38+ 1 100 million tons of TNT, but it seems that the R&D team decided to reduce the equivalent to 50 million tons out of concern about radiation. But even so, the power of this bomb is still equivalent to about 3800 Hiroshima atomic bombs. The documentary pointed out that the bomb shell itself can hold 65438+ 1 100 million tons of explosives.
But? Tsar Bamba? Finally too powerful to be used for practical military purposes? Whether on the delivery system or looking for a worthy target. Nuclear weapons still play an important role in today's Russian armed forces, and most Russian fighters have the ability to drop nuclear weapons. This cold war documentary made people clearly realize the existence of these weapons and their terrible destructive power.