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The Tsar Bomba. It was tested in 1961 by the USSR on the island of Novaya Zemlya within the Arctic Circle. Its design yield was 100 megatons, but the yield was reduced to 57 megatons for the test by replacing the uranium-238 third stage tamper with a different metal (e.g. lead, tungsten) that would not fission when hit by the high energy fusion neutrons (and thus would not contribute to the yield or the fallout).
The Tsar Bomba was not only the highest yield nuclear bomb ever tested, it was the highest yield nuclear bomb actually dropped from a bomber airplane. The Tsar Bomba also turned out to be the cleanest nuclear explosion with only about 3% fission yield and a correspondingly small amount of fallout relative to its total yield. Nuclear explosions having 5% or less fission yield are usually called "clean".
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What is the biggest bomb?
the biggest bomb known in mankind is a nuclear bomb :)
What is a catchy nuclear power slogan?
nuclear energy is the sun not a bomb
How strong is the Israeli army?
the Israeli army is the powerful army in the middle east! if we will get into a conflict we will probably win... if Iran wants to land a nuclear bomb we can destroy it and sent them HYDROGEN bomb, the power of this bomb is 100 times stronger then nuclear, if a nuclear bomb destroys thousand's of people the a hydrogen bomb destroys about a million and so people. anyway the Israeli army is very powerful and its 1 of the top 5 armies in the world.
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What's the episode of family guy when quohag gets hit by a nuclear bomb?
Da Boom
How big is the largest nuclear bomb?
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Which is more destructive a nuclear bomb or a hydrogen bomb?
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A bomb can be either conventional or nuclear.
When did Germany make nuclear bomb?
Germany has not made a nuclear bomb.
What is the best nuclear bomb?
The best nuclear bomb is the Tsar bomba
Who is the father of nuclear bomb?
Robert Oppenheimer is the father of nuclear bomb.
What is a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission?
A nuclear bomb or atomic bomb
What takes up the largest percent of energy released in a nuclear detonation?
As with any bomb the primary effect is blast.
How big is a nuclear bomb?
Nuclear weapons currently produced are between the sizes of a microwave oven and a pickup truck. The smallest have an explosive yield in the sub-kiloton range, and the largest are equal to between 5 and 20 megatons of TNT. For a nuclear bomb, most of the size and weight is shielding, to protect the handlers from the radiation from the bomb core.
Which bomb is deathly?
nuclear bomb
What were other option rather an atomic bomb?
Atomic bombs are a type of Nuclear bomb and there are 2 types of nuclear bombs. The second type of nuclear bomb is a hydrogen bomb.
