What is Tsar Bomba?
[[Image:Ivan bomb.png|thumb|right|Testing site of Tsar Bomba.]] '''Tsar Bomba''', the nickname for the AN602 H-bomb, was the largest, most powerful [[nuclear weapon]] ever used. It was originally tested by the [[Soviet Union]] on [[October 30]], [[1961]]. It was a three stage H-bomb. This bomb is also called the ''Father of Bombs''. The explosion had a power of 56,000,000 tonns of TNT (56 Megatons). The Tsar Bomb was actually designed as a 100 Megatonn-Bomb. But as there were problems to detonate a bomb as strong as 100,000,000 tons of TNT, so the Soviet Union technicians reduced its power to 56 Megatonns. The testing site of the nuclear bomb was [[Novaya Zemlya]]. There was not much [[fallout]] because the bomb was detonated at {{convert|13|km|mi|abbr=on}} height. The bomb was dropped by a Soviet bomber, the [[Tupolev Tu-95]]. This was the only plane in the world which could carry the bomb. When the bomb exploded, the bomber fell one Kilometer in height from the huge blast wave. {{military-stub}} [[Category:Nuclear weapons]]