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The school-bus-sized bomb that changed the Cold War

In 1961, the Soviet Union detonated Tsar Bomba—a 50-megaton hydrogen bomb that remains the most powerful explosion in human history. The blast was 3,800 times stronger than Hiroshima, shattered ...
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The largest explosion humans ever made

In 1961, the Soviet Union detonated Tsar Bomba, a hydrogen bomb with a 50-megaton yield—the largest explosion ever created by humans. The blast was about 3,800 times stronger than Hiroshima and ...