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Tsar Bomba (King of bombs) is the nickname for the AN602 hydrogen bomb, the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated on October 30, 1961 over the Mityushikha Bay nuclear testing range, Novaya Zemlya Island in the Arctic Sea. It yielded 50 Megatons, equivalent to 50 million tonnes of TNT, though was originally designed to be a 100 Megaton bomb. Despite it's power, it's use was impractical, since it could not easily be delivered to a far off target area. It was mainly built to display Russia's power during the cold war.

A 50MTon bomb detonated at optimal airburst altitude has a blast radius of 60 miles. But I believe the Tzar Bomba was detonated low to minimize damage zone.

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