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The USSR's 1961 Tsar Bomba (King of bombs), yield 52 to 58 MTon (depending on measurement technique). It was an air dropped 3 stage hydrogen fusion bomb with a design yield of 100 MTons. Andrei Sakharov (its designer) had the amount of lithium-deuteride fusion fuel in the 3rd stage reduced for the test to cut expected yield roughly in half while still demonstrating ignition of all stages.
The effects of this bomb were so dramatic that Sakharov soon became a strong opponent of nuclear weapons and testing, spending several years in Siberian prison camps for his protests.
Physically the largest nuclear bomb was the US's 1952 Ivy Mike, yield 10 MTons. It stood 80 feet tall and 20 feet in diameter on the island of Eugelab in the Eniwetok atoll. It was a 2 stage hydrogen fusion bomb using cryogenic liquid deuterium and tritium. Eugelab ceased to exist when Mike exploded.
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Which nation has the most nuclear bombs?
Russia currently owns the biggest stockpile of nuclear weapons in the world. Also Russia made and detonated the biggest nuclear bomb in history called the Tsar bomb.
Who is the father of nuclear bomb?
Robert Oppenheimer is the father of nuclear bomb.
Why did the president invent a nuclear bomb?
No president invented any nuclear bomb.
What is another name for fusion bomb?
hydrogen bomb, or a nuclear bomb
What was the codename used for testing the first nuclear weapon in history on July 16 1945?
The codename used for testing the first nuclear weapon in history on July 16, 1945, was "Trinity."
Which nation has the most nuclear bombs?
Russia currently owns the biggest stockpile of nuclear weapons in the world. Also Russia made and detonated the biggest nuclear bomb in history called the Tsar bomb.
What is the biggest bomb?
the biggest bomb known in mankind is a nuclear bomb :)
Is a nuclear bomb the biggest explosion?
Yes, Nuclear weapons create the biggest man-made explosions
Who has the biggest nuclear bomb in the world?
Russia or America.
What is the biggest nuclear bomb ever detonated called?
c4
Biggest weapon during World War 2?
The nuclear bomb.
What is the most influential weapon in history?
nuclear bomb
What is the biggest nuclear weapon?
The most powerful nuclear weapon detonated was the Tsar Bomb which was a 50 megaton thermo-nuclear bomb that was tested in October 30, 1961, in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago
What is the biggest know explosion in history?
The biggest explosion in history was the detonation of the Hydrogen bomb in the Bikini Atoll in the 1950s.
What is the biggest nuclear bomb ever made?
The Tsar Bomba; that was made by the Soviet Union (Russia)
What was the biggest nuclear explosion?
The biggest nuclear explosion in history was a 50 megaton (equivalent to 50 million tons of tnt) bomb tested by the soviet union called the "Tsar Bomb". nobody was killed in the blast. the previous answer was completely false, Chernobyl was one of the smallest nuclear explosions in history, smaller than the Hiroshima bomb, which was only 17 kilotons (17 thousand tons of tnt, almost 3000 times smaller than the Tsar Bomb). People were mainly killed by the radiation. The blast didn't even kill everybody inside the actual plant (I'm not sure how many were killed in the blast, if somebody would like to add to this)
What is the biggest nuclear bomb US made?
I have heard that it was a Titan II warhead at 25 megatons, but have not verified.
