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Rosatom releases previously classified documentary video of Tsar Bomba nuke test
The Barents Observer ^
| Aug 22, 2020
| Thomas Nilsen
Posted on 08/22/2020 3:35:03 PM PDT by texas booster
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To slow the drift down after release, the bomb was deployed to a giant parachute, itself weighing nearly a ton.
The bomb was detonated 4,000 meters above the ground. As seen in the film, the fireball flash lasted far longer than seen on any other nuclear weapon test videos. The flash dome itself reached 20 km, while the ring of absolute destruction had a radius of 35 kilometers
After 40 seconds, the dome of the fire reached 30 km and thereafter developed into a mushroom cloud which soared to a height of 60-65 kilometers with a diameter of 90 km. In the military town Severny, center for the nuclear weapons test around the Matochkin Strait, most buildings were destroyed. The town was 55 kilometers from ground zero.
To: texas booster
A few seconds after the explosion, the diameter of the dust column was about 10 km. Screenshot from the film.
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08/22/2020 3:36:33 PM PDT
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08/22/2020 3:37:09 PM PDT
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08/22/2020 3:42:18 PM PDT
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08/22/2020 3:42:33 PM PDT
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RandallFlagg
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08/22/2020 3:44:20 PM PDT
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The Tsar Bomba is probably the triggering device for what they have now!
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08/22/2020 3:46:59 PM PDT
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Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
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08/22/2020 3:53:43 PM PDT
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Delta 21
(Be strong & prosper, be weak & die! Stay true.... ~~ Donald J. Trump)
To: texas booster
That was a pretty well made video.
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08/22/2020 4:02:35 PM PDT
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ealgeone
To: texas booster
Democrats are on the list!😎 after all the bad mouthing of Putin and Russia watch out!
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08/22/2020 4:10:30 PM PDT
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Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: Bonemaker
No. Tsar Bomba was a propaganda stunt, never a practical weapon. (The Proton space booster, which is currently the heaviest-lift rocket the Russians have, was the ICBM designed for the Tsar Bomba!) At full yield, it would have been a suicide mission for a bomber crew.
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08/22/2020 4:12:09 PM PDT
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Campion
(What part of "shall not be infringed" don't they understand?)
To: Campion
I thought I had read that they reduced the yield because they couldn’t be sure it wouldn’t catch the atmosphere on fire if left at 100MT.
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08/22/2020 4:36:23 PM PDT
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bubbacluck
(America 180)
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08/22/2020 4:51:31 PM PDT
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SuperLuminal
(Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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There’s no such thing as overkill for a spider.
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08/22/2020 5:21:58 PM PDT
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Redcitizen
(Nobody needs a 10 round magazine. You need a 30 round magazine. Yeah)
To: texas booster
Remember, this is the Russian company to whom the Obama/Biden administration gave 20 percent of our uranium supply.
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08/22/2020 5:41:16 PM PDT
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TBP
(Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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08/22/2020 7:18:13 PM PDT
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103198
(It's the metadata stupid...)
To: Delta 21
Thank you for pointing that out.
It was on my list of things to post about the video.
I must say - my Dad could have identified almost all of that instrumentation that the Soviets used.
He grew up in the days of analog devices and understood their readings better and with more accuracy than my digital devices.
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08/22/2020 7:41:44 PM PDT
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Why did the communists name one of their most destructive weapons after the guy they overthrew to take control of the country?
It would be like the democrats naming an aircraft carrier after Richard Nixon.
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08/22/2020 8:21:14 PM PDT
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Natty Bumppo@frontier.net
(We are the dangerous ones, who stand between all we love and a more dangerous world.)
To: texas booster
WTF is a “clean Hydrogen bomb?”
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08/22/2020 8:48:22 PM PDT
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PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
To: PLMerite
Welcome to the world of Russian marketing.
Per the video, there was almost no measurable radiation a day after the test.
That must make the Tsar Bomba a good thing ... Or, maybe not a bad thing, or ... ?
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08/22/2020 10:55:56 PM PDT
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