The Soviet Union detonated the most powerful nuclear weapon in the history of humankind, the Tsar Bomba, on October 30, 1961.
The Tsar Bomba was built to be a pure act of intimidation—a spectacular, non-military show of force to prove Soviet nuclear parity with the US. Its original, terrifying design was for a 100-megaton ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has released previously classified footage of the world's largest nuclear explosion, caused when the Soviet Union detonated the so-called Tsar Bomba almost 60 years ago. The ...
With New Mexico being the birthplace of the atomic bomb, it only makes sense that our state’s national labs are also ...
US President Trump directed the Pentagon to immediately resume nuclear weapons testing, breaking a 33-year moratorium. The ...