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How was Tsar Bomba made?

How was Tsar Bomba made?

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S. Hughes

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Answered Jan 29, 2021

The Tsar Bomba is just another name for the most powerful and biggest thermonuclear bomb ever constructed, the RDS-220 hydrogen bomb. Tsar Bomba was developed by some nuclear physicists in USSR. The Soviet Union tested Tsar Bomba over Novaya Zemlya, probably to prove to the world their possession of weapons of mass destruction.

The nuclear physicists that produced Tsar Bomba used a different method. For instance, the normal thermonuclear weapons usually take about two stages to explode, but the explosion of Tsar Bomba occurred in three different stages.

That explains why Tsar Bomba remains the most powerful nuclear weapon ever to be tested. Although this nuclear weapon was dropped 4km above the ground by a parachute, it still produced a yield of 50Mt. It is believed that the 50Mt yield of Tsar Bomba was due to the fact that uranium-238 was not included. That means Tsar Bomba would have had a yield of 100Mt.

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Leo Samuels

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Leo Samuels, Content Writer, PG, California

Answered Jan 22, 2021

Tsar Bomba is a nickname for the largest nuclear weapon in the world to ever be detonated. The people of the West gave the weapon the nickname Tsar Bomba. The Russians designed this bomb and they have their own nickname for it, which is Big Ivan.

The idea behind this weapon began on July 10, 1961. On this date, Nikita Khrushchev, who was the Soviet Premier had a meeting with the leaders of the weapons program in the Soviet. The result of that meeting was a bomb that was 1570 more powerful than all the bombs that dropped altogether on Nagasaki and Hiroshima

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F. Daniel

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F. Daniel, Content Optimization Executive, Diploma in Journalism, California

Answered Jan 20, 2021

The Tsar Bomba is known to be one of the most powerful devices that have ever been deployed on Earth. This explains why it is very popular especially when compared to other devices. This is not one of the largest weapons but this is definitely a powerful device. This three−stage hydrogen bomb will make use of a fission bomb.

It would use the energy from the first explosion to compress a much larger thermonuclear bomb. This explains why the explosion that occurred from this bomb is really so strong and so big. A crater was formed because of the Tsar Bomba at the Novaya Zemla Island. It can still be seen today.

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M. Krasinski

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M. Krasinski, Content Writer, Columbus

Answered Oct 31, 2018

People who consider themselves to be history buffs are definitely familiar with tsar bomba. This was a bomb that was tested in the atmosphere. This type of bomb is made out of hydrogen which a lot of people know can be an explosive, especially in large quantities.

This is known to be a powerful nuclear weapon that was tested back in 1961. This is still available in the USSR. Russia is known to have one of the largest stockpiles of nuclear weapons available. Take note that there are other countries that still contain secret nuclear weapons too.

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C. Reyes

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Answered May 15, 2018

Tsar Bomba was the nickname given by the west to the world’s largest nuclear weapon ever detonated. It was also called Big Ivan by its Russian designers. On July 10, 1961, the Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev convened a meeting with his "‘atomic scientists’ - the leaders of the Soviet weapons program”.

Khrushchev believed the situation with the Cold War was deteriorating and he wanted to show the west what the Soviets were capable of. In the middle of July, Soviet scientists began an “all-out effort to ready as many designs, concepts, and devices for testing as possible.” The result was “approximately 1,570 times more powerful than the yield of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined, and 10 times more powerful than all of the conventional weapons exploded during World War II”.

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