Russia's Tsar Bomba: Horrific Destruction 3000 Times More Powerful Than Hiroshima, Detonated in 1961 During Cold War

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A mockup of a Soviet AN-602 hydrogen bomb (Tsar Bomb) is displayed at the exhibition devoted to the 70th anniversary of Russias nuclear industry in Moscow on September 1, 2015. The Russian 'Tsar Bomba' is one of the most powerful bombs the USSR ever detonated, on October 30, 1961, with force equal to 3000 times more than the Hiroshima atomic bomb.

The horrific Tsar Bomba tested by the USSR was detonated with force equal to 3000 times more than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in the closing days of the Second World War. It was one of the biggest bombs tested on the coast of Severny Island, close to the Arctic Sea. The resulting explosion was a mushroom cloud taller than Mount Everest, making it one of the most potent weapons engineered by any nation.

Russia's Most Potent 'Tsar Bomba'

As the Russian forces send waves of bombs and missiles assaults, hit Ukraine, the memory of the powerful bomb resurfaced as a reminder of the army's power that the Kremlin wields, reported the Daily Star.

In 2020, Moscow celebrated the first 75 years since it became a nuclear powerhouse. The Super bomb was considered confidential but declassified by Russia's nuclear division ROSATOM.

For the first time, images of the actual explosion and its devastating power could be witnessed by the world when the USSR detonated it on October 30, 1961, cited Business Insider.

The explosive power was estimated at 3,333 times of terrifying devastation on any target, resulting in a cloud that sailed into the air 42 miles high or seven times loftier than Everest. It would be numbing to realize the atomic cloud dwarfed every mountain on earth.

Fear of Nuclear Hell as Putin Threatens

On February 27, Vladimir Putin commanded that nuclear deterrence forces on the highest alert over the news of the Zelensky regime was looking for nukes.

President Putin called his relevant officials, including Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and military Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov, to inform them of his decision to place nuclear weapons ready with the deterrence force on to the special mode of combat duty and special orders that would star nukes flying.

Seen in the old footing releases photonic light bright or more than the sun. Next, the titanic mushroom clown shoots up the sky. The video was recorded by an aircraft that captured the mushroom of cloud getting bigger into the sky. As many as 50 million tons of explosives were the equal of the terrifying blast in modern history.

World's Biggest Bomb

Tsar Bomba, weighing up to 27 tons and 24-feet long, has one of the largest casings ever made for all bombs, preset to explode about 4000 meters in the air, the affected area would be monstrously palled the imagination.

Much to the shock of the crew flying, the Tu-95V Soviet bomber was 75 miles away, from where it dropped the bomb. A shockwave hit the plane in mid-air, trying to get far away.

Those who were 620 miles far could still see the explosion, case in point that London and Edinburgh are only 402.3 miles far. The documentary about the bomb showed 'Top Secret' as an opening caption.

Many details were mentioned in the old video with information that would not be normal in some cases. A nuclear historian would dodge more about intimate details.

Lucky for everyone because tests would be done below ground, the Tsar is the last nuclear explosion tested above the ground.

In 1963, a pact between the US, UK, and then USSR inked the Partial Test Ban Treaty, formalizing all future tests to be held beneath the ground, per BBC.

For all intents, the Tsar Bomba would be a devastating weapon if used today, but control of such arms is needed more than ever, and the Russians know it more than anyone.