Tsar Bomba

The Cold War saw the creation of some truly wild and destructive weapons systems. While the United States and the Soviet Union rushed to outdo each other in the nightmarish...

The old Soviet Union built a vast array of nuclear weapons during the Cold War but wanted to build far more nukes and bigger weapons. Moscow at one point wanted...

Tsar Bomba nuclear test was the biggest ever: Since Russia first invaded Ukraine nearly two years ago, President Vladimir Putin and other Kremlin officials have routinely threatened nuclear escalation. In October,...

Here’s What You Need to Know: A Tsar Bomba warhead would completely devastate the entire Los Angeles metropolitan area. Maj. Andrei Durnovtsev, a Soviet air force pilot and commander of a...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Soviet Union would no longer pursue massive nuclear devices like the Tsar Bomba after observing the results, even though they had the technology to create a...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Soviet Union would no longer pursue massive nuclear devices like the Tsar Bomba after observing the results, even though they had the technology to create a...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Soviet Union would no longer pursue massive nuclear devices like the Tsar Bomba after observing the results, even though they had the technology to...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Up to 50 miles away, anyone exposed to the flash of the weapon would receive third-degree burns. Maj. Andrei Durnovtsev, a Soviet air force pilot...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Up to 50 miles away, anyone exposed to the flash of the weapon would receive third-degree burns. Maj. Andrei Durnovtsev, a Soviet air force pilot...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: After the test was completed, U.S. officials were quick to condemn this show of overwhelming force, and several countries all across the world were extremely...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: On a clear day, an airburst at 14,000 feet above ground level would produce a nuclear fireball two miles wide that would be hotter than...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Still, the Tsar Bomba did achieve one strategic objective for Moscow: shocking and surprising the North Atlantic Treaty Organization—and helped spur the 1963 Partial Nuclear...