710,296 views
Let's talk about the Tsar Bomb, how powerful is it? What does it do? Why was it created? The Tsar Bomb, or Tsar, is the most powerful weapon of the Soviet Union. On October 30, 1961, on the Russian island of Novaya Zemlya, the USSR detonated the Tsar Bomb, a hydrogen device with an energy 1,570 times greater than that of the Hiroshima bomb. In this video, we reconstruct in 3D the explosion of the Tsar Bomb, we see how it works, where they tested it and how this nuclear test terrified the entire world. Become a Geopop Patron: https://geopop.it/ngCbN 00:00 Tsar Bomb: the most powerful ever made 00:58 The power of the Tsar Bomb: 100 megatons 02:33 What would happen if the bomb was dropped on Milan? 03:28 The history of the USSR Tsar Bomb project 04:22 How the hydrogen bomb works: characteristics 06:19 Where and how the Tsar Bomb was tested in 1961 07:25 The largest explosion in history: damage from the test 08:57 Can even more powerful bombs be made? OUR RECOMMENDED VIDEOS: • Oppenheimer's atomic bomb - Ani... • How to survive a nuclear explosion CREDITS Rosatom Department of Defense International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) #geopop #bomb #science