I remember the Sovs saying they were going to make it 100 MT, but it was Sahkarov (I think) who suggested that was too big and that they scale it down by half.
I don’t think anyone makes them that big anymore. I know that the biggest we made was 15MT (Castle Bravo), and that was by accident.
We set off a few which were equivalent or bigger. Bikini H-bomb was 54 MT!
I remember that back then(1961). The US response was the bomb was too big and several smaller bombs hitting different targets could do more damage.
One of the bomb’s designers was Andrei Sakharov who would later become one of the leading Soviet dissidents.
There were hundreds if not thousands of above ground nuclear tests. And we’re still here. Nuclear war is survivable and winnable. Just ask the Chicoms.
Cold War heroics of 'Speedlight Delta' crew recognized
Rosatom releases previously classified documentary video of Tsar Bomba nuke test
Today in US military history: the biggest man-made explosion in human history
A vicious project by Andrey Sakharov before he became a Human Rights Activist (2015)
The ‘Tsar Bomba’ Was a 50-Megaton Monster Nuke
THE MYSTERY: Russia's Doomsday Bomb (2016)
A Comparison of Nuclear Explosion Effectiveness against Underground Terrorists (2001)
Nuclear Detonation Images:10-Nanosecond Long Images Taken 1 millisecond After Nuclear Explosions
What Would Happen if a Nuclear Bomb Goes Off in Your City? - Cool Interactive Map
And for the fun of it, a blast from the past with IOWAHAWK:
IOWAHAWK: From the Desk of Senator Dick (2005)
Now that FR is over 20 years old, we have a rare ability to view events from multiple points in time.
And a single solar flare, if timed right, would unleash the destruction of MILLIONS of h-bombs if it struck the Earth directly.
How’s that for fear-mongering?
I distinctly remember this. It was even a source of a couple of test questions in civics class back in my high school days (yes, I am that old).
The only caveat that I have with the article is that while this was purported to be the largest yield hydrogen bomb ever tested, I doubt is was the largest bomb ever built. Just my $.02.
Why exactly are you posting this again? You posted this yesterday as well. I know because I did a search and 2 came up, both posted by you yesterday, and again today.
I noticed it had a cameo in the latest episode of The Stand (EP6)
The largest in the world, it's said.
How many times do we need this crappy, old-news, click-bait-generator article posted on FR?