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Castle Bravo
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Castle Bravo was the first in a series of high-yield thermonuclear weapon design tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, as part of Operation Castle. Detonated on 1 Mar
The SHRIMP device in its shot cab
The SHRIMP device in its shot cab
Shot-cab installation of SHRIMP device, with humans for scale
Shot-cab installation of SHRIMP device, with humans for scale
Bravo SHRIMP device shot-cab
Bravo SHRIMP device shot-cab
SHRIMP device delivered via truck awaiting installation
SHRIMP device delivered via truck awaiting installation
Tsar Bomba
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The Tsar Bomba is the most powerful nuclear weapon or weapon of any kind ever constructed and tested. A project of the Soviet Union, it was a thermonuclear aerial bomb, tested on 30 October 1961 at th
Castle Bravo
…bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima during World War II. Castle Bravo is the sixth largest nuclear explosion in history, exceeded by the Soviet tests of Tsar Bomba at approximately 50 Mt, Test 219 at 24.2 Mt, and three other (Test 147, Test 173 and Test 174) ≈20 Mt Soviet tests in 1962 at Novaya Zemlya. The yield…
A Tsar Bomba-type casing on display at the Sarov atomic bomb museum, Sarov
A Tsar Bomba-type casing on display at the Sarov atomic bomb museum, Sarov
View of the possible fission bomb primary within the Tsar Bomba casing, under construction at KB-11.
View of the possible fission bomb primary within the Tsar Bomba casing, under construction at KB-11.
The Tsar Bomba's fireball, about 8 km (5 mi) wide at its maximum, was prevented from touching the ground by the shock wave, but reached nearly 10.5 km
The Tsar Bomba's fireball, about 8 km (5 mi) wide at its maximum, was prevented from touching the ground by the shock wave, but reached nearly 10.5 km (34,000 ft) in the sky – the altitude of the deploying bomber.
The mushroom cloud of Tsar Bomba seen from a distance of 161 km (100 mi). The crown of the cloud is 65 km (40 mi) high at the time of the picture. (so
The mushroom cloud of Tsar Bomba seen from a distance of 161 km (100 mi). The crown of the cloud is 65 km (40 mi) high at the time of the picture. (source: Rosatom State Corporation Communications Department 20–08–2020)