Is the Tsar Bomba still in use?

Although a success, Tsar Bomba was never considered for operational use. Given its size, the device could not be deployed by a ballistic missile.
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Is there any tsar bombs left?

As only one bomb was built to completion, that capability has never been demonstrated. The remaining bomb casings are located at the Russian Atomic Weapon Museum in Sarov and the Museum of Nuclear Weapons, All-Russian Scientific Research Institute Of Technical Physics, in Snezhinsk.
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How many tsar Bombas does Russia have?

Nuclear arsenal of Russia

As of 2022, the Federation of American Scientists estimates that Russia possesses 5,977 nuclear weapons, while the United States has 5,428; Russia and the U.S. each have about 1,600 active deployed strategic nuclear warheads.
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Does Russia still have a tsar?

“Emperor” remained the official title for subsequent Russian rulers, but they continued to be known as “tsars” in popular usage until the imperial regime was overthrown by the Russian Revolution of 1917. The last Russian tsar, Nicholas II, was executed by the Soviet government in 1918.
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Does the US have Tsar Bomba?

Answer and Explanation: As far as we know, nobody currently has a Tsar Bomba. The Soviets only built the one that was detonated in 1961.
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Russia releases secret footage of 1961 Tsar Bomba hydrogen blast



What is Russia's deadliest weapons?

Thermobaric rockets: Russia's most fearsome weapon that could destroy a city block in a single shot | Euronews.
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When did the US drop the Tsar Bomba?

Dr. Wellerstein reports that the new president was told that a 100-megaton weapon would be six feet wide and 12 feet long — easy for a large bomber to carry and drop. The detonation of Tsar Bomba in October 1961 gave the issue new urgency.
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Who would be tsar today?

Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia (Russian: Мария Владимировна Романова, romanized: Maria Vladimirovna Romanova; born 23 December 1953) has been a claimant to the headship of the House of Romanov, the Imperial Family of Russia (who reigned as Emperors and Autocrats of all the Russias from 1613 to 1917) since ...
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How much would the Tsar Bomba destroy?

The Tsar bomba exploded about 4 km above the ground and reportedly produced a mushroom cloud 60 km high. The bomb destroyed an uninhabited village 55 km from Ground Zero with damage to buildings seen from 100 kms away.
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Can the Tsar Bomba destroy a country?

Depending on its impact radius, even a Tsar bomb cannot destroy a whole country. Only a small country such as Vatican City or Monaco with land areas of 44 ha and 202 ha respectively can be completely destroyed using a nuclear weapon.
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Could Tsar Bomba destroy the US?

If such a weapon exploded in a large American city such as New York, Chicago, San Francisco, or Washington, D.C., their metropolitan areas plus large portions of their surrounding suburbs would be completely destroyed and nearly devoid of all life.
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How many tsar bombas can destroy the world?

Tsar Bomba is the most powerful nuclear bomb ever made. One bomb would be stanched, but a million could easily destroy the Earth.
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Are there weapons bigger than Tsar Bomba?

The Tsar Bomba is the most powerful thermonuclear weapon ever detonated, as no other bomb as strong has ever been tested.
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What if we dropped Tsar Bomba?

The world's largest nuclear device ever to be set off, the 50 megaton Soviet “Tsar Bomba” – detonated in a remote arctic test site in 1961, creating the most powerful man-made explosion in history – would kill an estimated 5.8 million people if it were dropped on London, according to Nukemap.
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What is the most powerful nuke today?

In the United States' current nuclear arsenal, the most powerful bomb is the B83, which has a maximum yield of 1.2 megatons, making it 60 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945.
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What is the biggest nuke the US has?

The last B53 was disassembled on 25 October 2011, a year ahead of schedule. With its retirement, the largest bomb currently in service in the U.S. nuclear arsenal is the B83, with a maximum yield of 1.2 megatons.
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Which bomb can destroy the whole world?

Nuclear weapons are the most dangerous weapons on earth. One can destroy a whole city, potentially killing millions, and jeopardizing the natural environment and lives of future generations through its long-term catastrophic effects. The dangers from such weapons arise from their very existence.
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Which country has Tsar Bomba?

Russia declassifies footage of 'Tsar Bomba' — the most powerful nuclear bomb in history. The blast was more powerful than 50 million tons of TNT, and was felt hundreds of miles away. In October 1961, the Soviet Union dropped the most powerful nuclear bomb in history over a remote island north of the Arctic Circle.
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Where is the Tsar Bomba crater?

The Tsar Bomba detonated at 11:32 a.m., located approximately at 73.85° N 54.50° E , over the Mityushikha Bay nuclear testing range (Sukhoy Nos Zone C), north of the Arctic Circle on Novaya Zemlya Island in the Arctic Sea.
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When did the last tsar fall?

The Russian Revolution toppled the Romanov dynasty, and Nicholas II abdicated on March 15, 1917.
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Who was the last tsar to be assassinated?

Tsar Alexander II was assassinated in March 1881 in a bomb attack carried out by members of the terrorist revolutionary organization Narodnaya Volya (“People's Will”).
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Why did Russia stop making the Tsar Bomba?

The Tu-95 bombers built to carry the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons were designed to carry much lighter weapons. The Tsar Bomba was so big that it couldn't be placed on a missile, and so heavy that the planes designed to carry it wouldn't have been able to take them all the way to their targets with enough fuel.
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What would Tsar Bomba do to New York?

Below are some rough estimates for an airburst detonation of the Tsar Bomba at 13,000 feet above the following cities, according to the simulator: New York City, New York - 7.6 million fatalities and 4.2 million injuries. Los Angeles, California - 3.9 million fatalities and 3.7 million injuries.
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How did the US react to the Tsar Bomba?

On 17 October 1961 the United States called upon the Soviet Union to reconsider the planned explosion of a fifty-megaton atomic weapon. "Since 1957 the United States has had the technical know-how and materials to produce bombs in the 50-100 megaton range and higher.
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