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Tsar Bomba: The most powerful thermonuclear weapon ever detonated
Posted by Arms Control Center in NUCLEAR WEAPONS, tags: atomic weapon, hydrogen bomb, novaya zemlya, nuclear bombs, thermonuclear weapon, tsar bombaTsar Bomba (Russian: Царь-бомба) is the nickname for the AN602 hydrogen bomb, the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated. Also known as Kuz`kina Mat` (Russian: Кузькина мать, Kuzka’s mother).