What if the Tsar Bomba was 100mt?

The most powerful bomb ever detonated was the Soviet’s Tsar Bomba which was detonated in 1961 with a yield of 50 Megatons. The same bomb design with a Uranium 238 tamper instead of the Lead tamper they used would have yielded 100 Megatons but would have produced much more radioactive fallout.

What happened when the Tsar Bomba was tested?

At approximately 11:32 am Moscow time, Tsar Bomba was dropped over the Mityushikha Bay test site on the deserted island of Novaya Zemlya. It exploded about 2.5 miles (4 km) above the ground, producing a mushroom cloud more than 37 miles (60 km) high; the flash of the detonation was seen some 620 miles (1,000 km) away.

How powerful is Tsar Bomba vs little boy?

The largest nuclear weapon ever detonated, the Tsar Bomba, set off by the Soviet Union in 1961, produced an insane 50-megaton blast—about 3,333 times more powerful than the Little Boy bomb that leveled an entire city.

What were the effects of the Tsar Bomba?

Tsar Bomba caused extensive environmental damage: the ground surface of the island was completely levelled, as were the rocks. Everything in the area was melted and blown away. During an underground test on 14 October 1969, three devices were exploded in two tunnels with a total yield of 540 kt.

How did the Tsar calm down the Russian Revolution?

With the October Manifesto, the Tsar was able to calm down the Revolution. In December, when the troops had arrived from Japan, they were put to kill revolutionaries. By May, when the Tsar was in control again, he issued the Fundamental Laws, in which he greatly limited the Duma’s powers, so that it could do virtually nothing.

What happened to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia?

It would be the last time that such a ceremony would happen in Russia. This is because 23 years later, on the 15th of March 1917, he would be forced to abdicate and on the 17th of July 1918, while held prisoner by the Bolsheviks, he and the rest of his family were assassinated.

Why was Nicholas the Great a bad commander?

In September 1915, Nicholas assumed command of the armed forces. This did not make any difference in terms of war performance, as he was not a particularly able commander, but had the unpleasant side effect that now the blame for the army’s defeats would be thrown upon his shoulders.