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it was a theoretical yield of 100 megatons, but the actual yield was 58 megatons. a 100 megaton weapon can level urban areas in a zone 60 km wide, cause heavy damage in a zone 100 km across, cause 3rd degree burns in a region 170 km across, and eye damage to 220 km. complete destruction extended to a radius of 40 miles surrounding the blast and severe damage as far as 60 miles

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What was the capacity of the Tsar Bomb?

As built and tested its yield was 52 to 58 MTons, depending on method of measurement. It had a maximum blast radius of about 60 miles. As designed it had the capacity for up to 100 MTons yield.


Who is the strongest bomb tzar bombs or atomic bomb?

The Tsar Bomba was a type of atomic bomb, specifically a thermonuclear fusion bomb. It was the highest yield atomic bomb ever built at 52 to 58 MTons depending on method of measurement.The Tsar Bomba was not the largest atomic bomb ever built, that was Ivy Mike also a thermonuclear fusion bomb. Mike's yield was only 10 MTons.


What was the height of the cloud from the Tsar bomb?

Around 64 kilometres / 40 miles.


What is a U bomb?

A U-Bomb was believed to be an Atomic (fission explosion) or Hydrogen (fusion explosion) Bomb with a Uranium Casing. The casing was supposedly made of U-238, residual uranium material leftover from processing that was non-fissionable (couldn't be made to explode like a U-235 bomb). In a fission bomb, a U-235 (Uranium) or Plutonium (Uranium enriched through processing to increase the yield) nucleus is split with a neutron resulting in the release of nuclear energy as an explosion. In a fusion bomb, an isotope of hydrogen (either deuterium (H2) or tritium (H3)) is fused into helium by extreme temperature, which is generated by a fission explosion as the detonating device. Since U-238 was essentially worthless, finding a use for it that would enhance either types of nuclear explosion would have been a major step, and it's thought that the U-Bomb was exactly that - a regular fission or fusion bomb with a casing made of U-238, which, though not able to be detonated like U-235, would explode in the high temperatures generated by a fission or fusion explosion, thereby enhancing the nuclear yield (intensity) of the explosion itself. For obvious security reasons, its existence was neither confirmed nor denied by the military. --- Today, the design is part of some high-yield nuclear warheads, although the bombs would produce extreme amounts of radioactive fallout. The largest nuclear weapon ever detonated, the 50-megaton Soviet "Tsar Bomba", could theoretically have yielded 100 megatons or more because it used this design.


What is the blast radius for a 500lb ANFO bomb?

150 yards

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What is the worlds strongest bomb?

The world's strongest bomb is the Tsar Bomba (AN-602) or the King of Bombs. Tsar Bomba is also known as the King of Bombs. It is a thermonuclear-hydrogen bomb. It was tested in 1961 by the Russians. The original design of the Tsar Bomba was equivalent to 100,000,000 tonnes of TNT, but because there was some technical difficulties detonating 100,000,000 tonnes of TNT, so the design was scaled down to 57,000,000 tonnes of TNT. The explosion is so powerful that it can still give three degree burns from hundreds of kilometers away. The Tsar Bomba is so destructive that there is one and ever will be one of them in history and the world. The radius of the explosion of the Tsar Bomba is approximately 35 kilometers. The largest explosion ever in mankind. The explosion is so devastating that it barely touched the plane that released it. POWERFUL, EH?


Is the tsar bomb the biggest bomb?

YES


What is the biggest A bomb?

tsar bomba


What is the largest bomb ever?

The biggest bomb that was ever detonated was the Tsar Bomba. It was 50 megatons which is 500,000 kilotons which is 50 million tons of TNT. It was detonated just to show other countrys how advanced Russia was. There is a mock bomb stored in Chelyabinsk-70 for display. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba For more information.


What is the best nuclear bomb?

The best nuclear bomb is the Tsar bomba


Which bomb is known as king of bomb?

The Tsar Bomba by USSR or Russia.


Is a tsar bomba atomic?

no it is a hygeagon bomb


What is the bigest bomb ever created?

The Tsar bomb pronounced sar. Was a Russian thermo-nuclear weapon of 50 mega-tons only a test of half the size of what the actual model was supposed to be if they ever built the actual model. The Tsar had a blast radius of 60 miles to cause death


What was the largest atomic explosion in history?

Tsar Bomba by the Soviets


How big is the explosion of the Tsar Bomba?

57 million megaton


Who created the biggest bomb?

Russia: They created Tsar


What effect does an A bomb have?

explosion