No, Not now, Yes.
Although it was a tactical nuclear weapon and wouldn't have been used against Continental US.
%8, would, of course, done you in.
Where did that number come from, exactly?
Has anyone else ever done 58 MT?
Does such a thing exist?
Has it ever?
Einstein claimed such a burst would ignite the atmosphere, and kill us all.
I dunno, he may be right.
The Soviet Union made a lot of claims - I wouldn’t put a lot of faith in them.
No, Not now, Yes.
Although it was a tactical nuclear weapon and wouldn't have been used against Continental US.
Tsar Bomba the biggest bomb ever detonated in human history, only had a fireball radius of 4.6km US scientists believe its 57 MT russians 50 MT.
Keep in mind due to weight, size and cost restrictions the yield of the individual warheads contained in a MiRV ICBM was under 20 kt each. SLBMs contained probably the same size due to uniformity reasons.
I thought the Sovs tested air-delivered weapons with a yield in excess of 100MT, and that it was only limited to that so the crew had some chance of survival. Let me recheck.
My bad. The weapon I was thinking of was tested at less than it’s maximum possible yield for logistical reasons, but the yield tested was not over 100MT, but just over 50. 100+ MT would have been the maximum.