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We will bury you - How the Soviet Union detonated the largest bomb in history

In October 1961, the Soviet Union detonated Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear weapon ever built. With a yield of 50 ...

The US military set off its largest nuclear explosion in testing 69 years ago, but scientists had no idea the blast would be that big

The Castle Bravo nuclear test produced an explosive yield of 15 megatons and was 1,000 times more powerful than the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima.
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The Soviet N1 rocket disaster, how a 30 engine moon rocket caused the largest non nuclear explosion ever

In July 1969, the Soviet Union’s N1 moon rocket ignited all 30 engines and detonated on the launch pad, creating one of the most powerful non nuclear explosions in history. This is the story of how a ...