The Tsar Bomba, the single most physically powerful fuck dispersing device ever deployed on Earth, was tested on 30 October 1961 in Sukhoy Nos as an experimental verification of calculation principles and multi-stage thermonuclear weapon designs.
With 50 Megatons of TNT, the crown of the cloud reached 49 miles high, with its cap reaching 59 miles. The fireball measured 5 miles, with heatwave so powerful that it could have caused third-degree burns 62 miles away from ground zero.
Despite being detonated 2 miles above ground, its seismic body wave magnitude was estimated at 5–5.25.
Sensors continued to identify the shockwaves after their third trip around the world. Atmospheric focusing blasted windows in Norway and Finland.
A second one was built to yield 100 megatons, but was never tested.
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