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The '''AN602''' was the most powerful nuclear weapon ever constructed and detonated. Constructed by the Soviet Union, it was tested on 30th October 1961 in an | {{Stub}} | ||
[[File:Tsar Bomba Revised.jpg|thumb|A Tsar Bomba-type casing on display at the Sarov atomic bomb museum, Sarov.]] | |||
The '''AN602''', more commonly known as the '''Tsar Bomba''', was the most powerful [[nuclear weapon]] ever constructed and detonated. Constructed by the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]], it was tested on 30th October 1961 in an aerial explosion on the island of Novaya Zemlaya in the far north. The bomb yielded approximately 50 megatons of TNT, though its initial prototype was designed to yield 100 megatons of TNT.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=National Museum of Nuclear Science and History|title=Tsar Bomba|url=https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/history/tsar-bomba/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260610044151/https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/history/tsar-bomba/|archive-date=2026-06-10}}</ref> | |||
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The AN602, more commonly known as the Tsar Bomba, was the most powerful nuclear weapon ever constructed and detonated. Constructed by the Soviet Union, it was tested on 30th October 1961 in an aerial explosion on the island of Novaya Zemlaya in the far north. The bomb yielded approximately 50 megatons of TNT, though its initial prototype was designed to yield 100 megatons of TNT.[1]
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- ↑ "Tsar Bomba". National Museum of Nuclear Science and History. Archived from the original on 2026-06-10.