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Gallery Bouglaf -- level III |
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This is "Tsar", responsible for the biggest man-made explosion in history with its
50 -- 58 megaton yield in October 1961.
The Kremlin had originally called for 100 megaton, but settled for
"Tsar" as a quick job. At some 4000 times the power of the bomb that destroyed
Hiroshima, the explosion was so huge it unnerved everyone who witnessed it. Scientifically, "Tsar" was something of a triumph for the Soviets, producing little fall-out for its terrible size as a result of its high efficiency. The parachute-retarded air-detonation seriously damaged a town 50 miles away. For a Financial Times report on the explosion and its effects, please click HERE. Click the link to see top Soviet bomb-scientist Igor Kurchatov, the brains behind every USSR A-bomb from 'Joe' to 'Tsar', on level XVI. |
Moon Madness
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during the secret moon testing programme in the late 1960s. |
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