World's most powerful nuclear explosion

The world's largest nuclear explosion too place in Russia in 1961, watch video:



Explosion is a sudden increase in volume and release of energy in an extreme manner, usually with the generation of high temperatures. A nuclear explosion occurs as a result of the rapid release of energy from an intentionally high-speed nuclear reaction. The largest nuclear weapon ever tested was the "Tsar Bomba" of the Soviet Union at Novaya Zemlya on October 30, 1961, with an estimated yield of around 50 megatons. The heat from the explosion could have caused third degree burns for people 100 km (62 miles) away. People in Norway and Sweden told windshields were shattered or cracked. The most recent nuclear test was announced by North Korea on May 25, 2009. The nuclear countries have conducted over 2,000 nuclear test explosions up to date

Associated with: * Russia * India * Pakistan * France * USA * UK, Great Britain, United Kingdom * Israel * Iraq * China * Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty 1996 * Hydrogen bomb * shock wave * wmd * Weapons of Mass Destruction