Russia's Rosatom, the country's state-owned nuclear corporation, released a new rare and clear footage of Tsar Bomba's 1961 test detonation, the world's most powerful atomic bomb. The published video is a 30-minute documentary about the fateful day in October 1961 when the Soviet Union detonated a 50-megaton nuclear weapon on a remote Arctic island.
NUKE NERDS! I have now watched the entire ROSATOM Tsar Bomba video, and comrads it is my duty to inform you there are ten minutes of raw test footage at the end! https://t.co/xj37rSiHVV pic.twitter.com/4zwP6UBtBw — Geoff Brumfiel (@gbrumfiel) August 23, 2020
The parachute gives the plane more time to escape the destructive blast of Tsar Bomba. The Tu-95 flew roughly 34,000 feet above the ground when it dropped the nuke.
The atomic bomb detonated at an altitude of about 13,000 feet to minimize radiation. Tsar Bomba was described as a "clean bomb" since it exploded high in the sky. The bomb site was considered safe since Soviet researchers can be seen flying out to the place in a helicopter, and some scientists are even walked around the area without any protective suit on.
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Written by: Giuliano de Leon.
