Nuclear weapon yield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The explosive yield of a nuclear weapon is the amount of energy that is discharged when a nuclear weapon is detonated, expressed usually in the equivalent mass of trinitrotoluene (TNT), either in ki...
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A collection of damn interesting things. ... On October 30, 1961, the most powerful weapon ever constructed by mankind was exploded over the island of Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic Sea. ... Where is this shelf full of nuclear weapon parts?
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This is an incredible video of the Tsar Bomb exploding. The Tsar is the largest and most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated. Here is another clip of the Tsar.
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Known as the "Brock," the Mark 12 was a light-weight nuclear weapon designed to carried by fighters and fighter-bombers. ... Yielding a 25 megaton blast, the Mark 41 was the most powerful U.S. weapon ever deployed. It was a three stage TNT weapon. Two versions were produced, one "clean" and one "dirty." Two...
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Tsar Bomba is the world's "most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated or built -- developed by the Soviet Union, the bomb of about 50 megatons was codenamed Ivan by its developers." Video after the jump. The bomb was tested on October 30, 1961 in Novaya Zemlya, an island in the Arctic Sea.
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A third fission stage can also be added to produce very high yield weapons. The most powerful nuclear weapon to have been tested so far is the Tsar Bomba, a 50 megaton three stage weapon exploded by the USSR on 30th October 1961. However it is not necessary for a thermonuclear weapon to have such high yields.
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www.aussurvivalist.com/nuclear/weapontypes.htm
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On August 6, 1945, the nuclear weapon "Little Boy" was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, followed on August 9, 1945 by the detonation of the "Fat Man" nuclear bomb over Nagasaki.
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Tsar Bomba is the Western name for the largest, most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated. Developed by the Soviet Union, the bomb had a yield of about 50 megatons of TNT and it was codenamed Ivan by its developers. ... World's Largest Nuclear Explosion thumb ... Judge: Man Who Bit Neighbor in the Face Used HIV as a Weapon thumb...
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It has been estimated that detonating the original 100 Mt design would have released fallout amounting to about 25 percent of all fallout emitted since the invention of nuclear weapons. Hence, the Tsar Bomba was an impractically powerful weapon.
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