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The Tsar Bomba detonated at 11:32 (or 11:33; USGS earthquake monitors list the event as occurring at 11:33:31 [45]) Moscow Time on 30 October 1961, over the Mityushikha Bay nuclear testing range (Sukhoy Nos Zone C), at a height of 4,200 m (13,780 ft) ASL (4,000 m (13,123 ft) above the target) [10] [32] [41] [Notes 1] By this time the Tu-95V had ...
Launch from Zabaykalsky (then Chita), Russia , elv: 685 + 0 m (2,247 Detonation over NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia 73°42′N 53°48′E / 73.7°N 53.8°E / 73.7; 53.8 ( 164 Tyulpan
Launch from Kola Peninsula Launch Area (Barents Sea) , elv: 0 + 20 m (0 + Detonation over NZ Area A, Chyornaya Guba, Novaya Zemlya, Russia 70°42′N 54°36′E / 70.7°N 54.6°E / 70.7; 54.6 ( 116
The first aircraft design to receive the Su-35 designation had its origins in the early 1980s, at a time when the Su-27 was being introduced into service with the Soviet Armed Forces. The definitive production version of the Su-27, which had the factory code of T-10S, started mass ("serial") production with the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft ...
The first target of nuclear weapons, the Mark I atomic bomb. The target was the Aioi Bridge across the Ōta River ; it exploded several hundred yards off. Hiroshima was a city of 250,000, suffering 70,000 or so deaths immediately and up to 126,000 by the end of the year.
A key feature was the ability to cruise at supersonic speeds at low altitude for extended periods of time in order to traverse enemy air defenses. [2] To achieve this, the design included two Tumansky R-27 afterburning turbojets for cruise and four Rybinsk RD-36-35 turbojets for STOL performance.
The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan said on Friday the decision to deploy one of the largest bombs ever in combat was a purely tactical decision.
Information; Country: Soviet Union: Test site: Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; Western Kazakhstan