Bombs, as explosive devices that do not have their own engine, began to be actively used at the beginning of the twentieth century. The discovery of the atom led to the creation of powerful explosive devices of great destructive power. The most powerful bombs have long had a nuclear "stuffing" and, by their striking effect on the order, they bypassed their powder "comrades."
That's about such devices and our story will go in this article, in which we present the top 10 most powerful bombs. And most importantly, we find out what is the most powerful nuclear bomb in the world.
The most powerful bombs in the world:
10
Trinity
Among the military and physicists, this bomb was called "Little thing." It is this device, with a capacity of 21 kilotons, that went down in history as the first test of nuclear weapons.
The explosion of “Trinity” made an indelible impression on scientists, politicians and the military, and began a new era in the development of lethal weapons. The date of the beginning of a new era was July 16, 1945, the state of New Mexico went down in history as the site of the first trials.
The superiority of the United States in the development of this type of weapon allowed for some time to blackmail the Soviet Union. By the way, on our site thebiggest.ru you can find out the current situation by reading an article about the most powerful armies in the world. Guess whose army is the strongest and most efficient.
9
Little boy
The nuclear bomb, with a capacity of 18 kilotons, nicknamed by the Americans “Baby”, became the first nuclear weapon in the history of mankind, which was used against people.
Dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, the bomb led to the destruction of great force and caused the death of 140 thousand people. But on the monument in honor of the victims it is written: "No one knows how many died."
The device itself was dropped from an airplane and exploded about 600 meters above the surface of the earth, lifting a nuclear pole 6 kilometers high.
8
Fat man
This was the second bomb that the Americans used, dropping it on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. The device, nicknamed "Fat Man", with a capacity of 21 kilotons, was also dropped from the aircraft.
The explosion claimed the lives of more than 100 thousand people and led to great destruction. After August 1945, nuclear bombs were not used against people.
Today, many experts agree that using such a terrible weapon against the inhabitants of Japan did not have a military need and expediency.
7
Baker
The 23-kiloton Baker bomb was detonated in July 1946 at a depth of 27 meters near the Marshall Islands, and was part of the US Crossroads test program.
At the epicenter of the explosion were warships on which experimental animals were placed. The ships were damaged, but because of the large radioactive contamination they could not be repaired. Bikini Island, due to infection until 2010, remained uninhabited.
6
Thermonuclear munition "Reya"
The Mururoro Atoll in the Pacific became the place where France tested its most powerful nuclear weapons.
One of these tests took place in 1971, when the thermonuclear bomb Reya, with a capacity of 955 kilotons, was detonated. The government sought to convince the public that the tests were harmless, but everyone understood that this was not so.
France is one of the last countries in the world to stop nuclear testing. The last time the South Pacific was shuddered by French ammunition in 1998.
5
Castle romeo
A nuclear explosion with a capacity of 11 megatons occurred during the US nuclear test program in the Pacific in March 1954.
The charge, under the assumption of nuclear scientists of 4 megatons, was placed on a barge. Long trials led to the destruction of the atoll, so the US military decided to place a powerful device on the ship.
The explosion infected a vast area of ocean expanses. TheBiggest.ru editorial office hopes that such trials will no longer be repeated in any corner of our beautiful planet.
4
Ivy mike
In 1952, Americans first tested a thermonuclear bomb equivalent to 12 megatons. The explosion was fired at the Envetok Atoll.
In place of the small reef islands, only a two-kilometer-diameter funnel remained, and the spray and fragments of the reef scattered 50 kilometers.
The M explosion was shown in United States movie theaters and on television. But the shows gave a completely different effect than the politicians and military ministers expected. After what they saw, people began to oppose trials en masse.
3
Castle yankee
The bomb explosion, with a capacity of 13.5 megatons, impressed even the creators of the Castle Yankee explosive device. The nuclear mushroom shot up 40 kilometers, and the cap itself was 16 kilometers in size. Just imagine. Such sizes are truly worthy of thebiggest title!
A strong wind brought a radioactive cloud to the shores of Mexico, although the explosion occurred at a distance of 11 thousand kilometers from this country. Part of the United States was also affected by radioactive charge.
2
Castle bravo
The most powerful nuclear bomb in history ever tested by the United States had an equivalent of 15 megatons, and its tests took place in 1954 near the Bikini Atoll.
In pursuit of records in nuclear tests, huge territories were infected as a result of this explosion.
Radioactive dust a few days after the explosion of Castle Bravo fell on a Japanese fishing vessel. All crew members fell ill with radiation sickness, the radio operator died six months after exposure.
1
Tsar bomb
According to documents, the most powerful atomic bomb passed according to documents codenamed AN602. An explosion with a capacity of 58.6 megatons was produced on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in 1961.
The AN602 reaction was based on the principle of using nuclear fusion reaction energy, and it was the most powerful hydrogen bomb explosion in the history of testing.
The tests had truly impressive, but at the same time, dangerous results. After a violent explosion, the sound wave from the Tsar Bomb spread over thousands of kilometers, circling the Earth 3 times, and the inhabitants of the entire planet felt seismic shocks. The light of the explosion was visible over 1,000 kilometers.
The explosion of the bomb, which after saying to the UN Nikita Khrushchev came to be called "Kuzkin's mother", destroyed all the buildings on the islands and left nothing alive. The height of the nuclear fungus from the explosion was about 95 kilometers. The shock and seismic wave circled 3 times circled the Earth.
Conclusion
Note that in addition to nuclear and hydrogen bombs, there are other types of powerful weapons. For example, the most powerful non-nuclear bomb AVBPM was tested in Russia in August 2007. By the way, the first hydrogen bomb was created in the USSR.
The invention of high-power nuclear and non-nuclear weapons led to an arms race, as well as a global confrontation. By the end of the 50s, the United States and the USSR had enough weapons stockpiles to destroy the planet. That is what remains a deterrent to the non-use of nuclear bombs.
It’s a paradox, but physicists, the creators of nuclear weapons capable of destroying Mankind, led the world peace movement and took the initiative to destroy the entire nuclear arsenal. In conclusion, TheBiggest.ru editorial staff asks you to write in the comments your attitude to nuclear weapons in general and to some individual items in particular. What are the most powerful bombs that impressed you the most?