![]() ![]() Soldiers that were as far away as Norway were able to see the flash from the explosion and radioactive fallout was widespread. When it exploded, Big Ivan emitted a mushroom cloud, with a column of smoke rising nearly 40 miles into the sky, and Richter scales around the world had registered a 5.0 earthquake in the epicenter of the explosion. Russia releases secret footage of 1961 Tsar Bomba hydrogen blast Reuters 1. The Effects of the Biggest Nuclear Explosionįor those who are unaware, besides the intense heat and damage from nuclear explosions, witnesses of these terrifying events described via a video from The New York Times stating that they were asked to cover their eyes with their arms and turn back from the explosion, but despite that, they were still able to see a flash of blinding light, enabling them to see the bones within their arms.ĭespite the preventive methods, the pilots and crew of the aircraft that delivered Tsar Bomba and observed it was only given a 50-50 chance of survival, but fortunately, they have survived. In late October 1961, a Soviet plane dropped Tsar Bomba, the largest hydrogen bomb ever detonated. ![]() The parachute enabled the big bomb to descend slowly before exploding to give more time for the crew to fly away to safety, with both the Tu-95 bomber and the observation plane painted in an anti-flash white to try and minimize the damages to the airframe from the bright flash that was emitted from the nuclear explosion. ![]() The aircraft had its fuel tank removed to help increase its payload capacity, while its bomb bay doors were removed and replaced with more robust and larger doors.įurthermore, the massive bomb was equipped with a parachute for the safety of the pilot. It was carried by a modified Tu-95 bomber that was customized specifically for the Tsar Bomba. The massive atomic bomb weighed around 60,000 pounds or over 27,000 kilograms for the record and was over six feet in diameter. In 1952, the United States dropped the nuclear bomb Ivy King 610 m (2,000 feet) north of Runit Island. The video is 30 minutes in length and can be found below. The video shows both the initial preparation for Big Ivan, which includes its assembly, followed by the bomb's eventual explosion over the Arctic island in Russia's far north. Now, however, that video footage is available on You Tube for all to watch anyone interested in just how destructive Tsar Bomba was can see it go off, in real time. A NEWLY declassified video shows the worlds most powerful nuclear bomb exploding - giving off a blast 3,000 times stronger than Hiroshima. Read Also: First-Ever 'Space Hurricane' Spotted in North Pole: GPS Satellites in Possible Danger Delivering the Tsar Bomba Now, everyone who has access to the internet could finally see how the biggest nuclear explosion happened and how terrifying it was.Īs of writing, the said video has already been viewed nearly 5.2 million times. According to the National Interest, the video footage from the said explosion was previously classified, but in 2020, a video of a documentary pertaining to the Tsar Bomba has been uploaded on a YouTube channel after the footage was declassified. ![]()
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