In October 1961, the Soviet Union detonated the Tsar Bomba, a nuclear weapon with a yield of 50 megatons. The explosion was ...
In this episode, we explore the creation and detonation of the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear weapon ever tested.
Summary: Speculative discussions on using atomic bombs against the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) suggest that, under ideal conditions, such an attack could have significantly damaged the IJN’s ...
The Cold War saw the creation of some truly wild and destructive weapons systems. While the United States and the Soviet Union rushed to outdo each other in the nightmarish... The old Soviet Union ...