Inside the Tsar Bomb | WW2 Legacy Tales

Описание: The Tsar Bomba stands as the clearest reminder of how far human engineering can push the boundaries of destruction.
Conceived during the height of Cold War tension, AN602 was not just a thermonuclear device — it was a statement.
A 50-megaton blast designed to demonstrate power on a scale the world had never imagined, and has never seen again.

On October 30, 1961, a specially modified Tu-95 carried this giant across the Arctic sky toward Novaya Zemlya.
Moments after release, its enormous parachute slowed the descent just long enough for the crew to escape the blast radius.
What followed was a detonation so vast it lit up the atmosphere, flattened entire landscapes, and sent a shockwave around the Earth.

In this video, we break down the true engineering behind the Tsar Bomba:
• Why its original 100-megaton design was reduced
• How the Tu-95V was rebuilt to carry a bomb larger than itself
• What the explosion physically did to the land, sky, and even far-off regions
• And how this single test forced world powers to rethink nuclear escalation

A weapon too big to be practical, too powerful to ignore, and too destructive to ever be used again.
This is the definitive look into the most extreme device ever created by human hands.

Main references:

Anatoly Veselovsky — Nuclear Shield

Andrei Sakharov — Recollections

Krzysztof Dabrowski — Live Testing of Soviet Nuclear Bombs, 1949–1962

Yefim Gordon & Vladimir Rigmant — Tupolev Tu-95/142 ‘Bear’

Yulii Khariton — Episodes from the Past

Rosatom archival documentary — Hydrogen Bomb Test, 50 Megatons (declassified)

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Timeline:
00:00 Introduction
00:32 Design Overview
01:28 Tu-95V Modifications
02:31 Transport & Release
03:54 Detonation Sequence
05:37 The Explosion
06:51 Legacy & Impact

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