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Code Name:
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Big Ivan (Tsar Bomba) |
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Time and date:
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11:32 AM October 30, 1961 |
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Location:
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D-2 Sector, Zone C, Sukhoy Nos Peninsula, Novaya Zemlya,
Russia |
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Height of detonation:
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4,000 meters (12,800 feet) |
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Yield:
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50,000 kilotons (50 megatons) |
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Weight:
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25 tons |
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Coordinates of detonation:
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73.85N, 54.50E |
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Dimensions:
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8 m long, 2 m in diameter |
Other Interesting Facts about
Detonation
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→ Tsar Bomba was
built in only 15 weeks
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It was dropped from a
modified Tu-95 plane.
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The shockwave of the
explosion travelled the Earth three times
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The mushroom cloud
that formed had a diameter of around 40 km
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The parachute
attached to the bomb weighted 800 kg.
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The modified Tu-95
was flown by Major Andrei Durnovtsev.
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The plane which
dropped the bomb was able to fly around 45 km from ground zero during the
188 seconds until the bomb detonated.
→ 1.4% of the power
output of the Sun.
→ The mushroom cloud
that formed was 64 km high, 168 times higher than the Empire State
Building
→ The power produced
during the fission-fusion process was 5.4 yottawatts, corresponding to
around
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