Thermonuclear aerial bomb AN602 "Tsar Bomb". Infographics

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AN602 (aka “Tsar bomb”) - thermonuclear aviation a bomb developed in the USSR in 1954-1961. a group of nuclear physicists led by Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR I.V. Kurchatov. The most powerful explosive device ever history of humanity. The total blast energy, according to various sources, ranged from 57 to 58,6 megatons in TNT equivalent or about 2,4 x 1017 J (which corresponds to a mass defect of 2,65 kg).

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shurik

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25 March 2017 08: 29

And why was this arranged ??? Idiocy!
1. Askold
  
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  25 March 2017 08: 42
  How is this why? And so that everyone knows! Their mother, so ...
  Rumor has it that after that they signed an agreement on limiting the power of a thermonuclear charge in one warhead. Politics and pragmatism, nothing more.
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RUS96

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25 March 2017 08: 38

Quote: Shurik
And why was this arranged?

That would be aching and never to use for its intended purpose.
1. your1970
  
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  25 March 2017 09: 20
  
  26,5 tons-And was there such a carrying capacity of the bombers of those years?
  1. Rebus
    
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    25 March 2017 10: 08
    
    For this test, one Tu-95 was upgraded (designation Tu-95-202), its carrying capacity was increased to 27 tons.
    1. Observer2014
      
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      25 March 2017 10: 50
      
      Rebus
      For this test, one Tu-95 was upgraded (designation Tu-95-202), its carrying capacity was increased to 27 tons.
      Yes, it’s a heavy devil. And it’s easy to shoot down an airplane with a bomb. That's why for delivery to the US coast they chose a nuclear torpedo. 200 megatons in a cobalt shell (so that there would be more radiation) this is a serious argument. Sakharov also reduced power. In America, near the shores of the oceans, real estate will soon become cheaper at a depth of 500 km. laughing
      1. Cat man null
        
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        25 March 2017 10: 54
        
        Quote: Observer2014
        therefore, for delivery to the coast of the United States chose a torpedo on an atomic traction. 200 megatons in a cobalt shell
        
        - what is it? Erotic fantasies of an old maid?
        Quote: Observer2014
        that ~~radiation~~ there was more
        
        - exactly they are. Only the word "radiation" here is a little "out of place"
        
        Observer2014
        
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        25 March 2017 12: 41
        
        Cat man null
        what is it? Erotic fantasies of an old maid?
        Who do you think in this photo is an old maid with erotic fantasies? Are we all paying attention?
        
        Just the photo where "Status6" was discussed.
        
        Cat man null
        
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        25 March 2017 13: 13
        
        Quote: Observer2014
        Just the photo where "Status6" was discussed
        
        - kindergarten, pants on the straps ...
        
        Observer2014
        
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        25 March 2017 15: 53
        
        Cat man null
        - kindergarten, pants on the straps ..
        
        Who has the pants on the straps? The operator is probably to blame
        
        Cat man null
        
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        25 March 2017 16: 14
        
        Quote: Observer2014
        Who has the pants on the straps?
        
        - you
        - "unfiltered" video with secret development went on the air ...
        - you can probably (try) to believe it. I personally can’t
        
        Observer2014
        
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        25 March 2017 17: 39
        
        Cat man null
        you
        Really a "kindergarten." Well done! Come on. Fluffy Pravdorub. Murky something goodbye.
      2. Vasilenko Vladimir
        
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        25 March 2017 12: 38
        
        Quote: Observer2014
        This is a serious argument. Sakharov also reduced power
        
        please return the cons
    2. fa2998
      
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      25 March 2017 16: 45
      
      And at the expense of what? There’s no superfluous in the plane. Only by reducing the amount of fuel. Well, but flew to Novaya Zemlya, and to the enemy?
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Balferov

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25 March 2017 11: 24

Radioactivity in the epicenter of an explosion - no more than 1 mR / hour (does not constitute a danger to humans)

How's that?
1. your1970
  
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  25 March 2017 12: 02
  
  Quote: Balferov
  Radioactivity in the epicenter of an explosion - no more than 1 mR / hour (does not constitute a danger to humans)
  How's that?
  
  and what's the difference to human ashes - is it radioactive or not ???
2. Cat man null
  
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  25 March 2017 12: 04
  
  Quote: Balferov
  Radioactivity in the epicenter of an explosion - no more than 1 mR / hour (does not constitute a danger to humans)
  
  How's that?
  
  - This is somewhere 100 times higher than the natural background.
  - nonsense, nuachetam
  - but I would not live there, that's for sure.
3. Pavlyuk Vladimir
  
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  25 March 2017 14: 33
  
  Quote: Balferov
  Radioactivity in the epicenter of an explosion - no more than 1 mR / hour (does not constitute a danger to humans)
  
  How's that?
  
  This bomb is thermonuclear. There is a fusion of nuclei, not decay. If simplified, then the fragments of decay are radiation.
Operator

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25 March 2017 12: 22

Modern thermonuclear charges in an explosion in air at an altitude of 1,5 km leave an order of magnitude lower radioactivity than AN602, due to the excess power tritium-deuterium initiator, which “burns” first-stage plutonium to short-lived fission products.

The development of nuclear technology allows us to develop a 50-Mt thermonuclear charge in the dimensions of the Sarmat ICBM warhead weighing 10 tons, which will allow us to create a zone of continuous destruction of 35 km in diameter at the sites of the megacities of New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, Paris, Berlin, etc.

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