Published 11:17 IST, August 27th 2020
Russia releases never-before-seen footage of Tsar Bomba test, largest explosion in history
Russia's state nuclear energy agency has recently released never-before-seen footage of the Tsar Bomba test - the largest man-made explosion in human history.
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Russia's state nuclear energy ncy has recently released never-before-seen foot of Tsar Bomba test - largest man-me explosion in human history. blast caused when country detonated a 50 megaton rmonuclear bomb in 1961 over Barents Sea. bomb was detonated 13,000 feet above an island in Arctic Circle, exploding with 3,333 times power of bomb that destroyed Hiroshima as Soviet and was filmed by cameramen from hundreds of miles away.
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exclusive foot was shared by Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation, state-run Russian nuclear energy concern, to mark celebration of 75 years of Russia's nuclear industry. Tsar Bomba test foot comes during a 40-minute Soviet film with Russian narration, that was released on YouTube channel by corporation on August 20.
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film shows long march of Tsar Bomba - informal name given to RDS-220 hydrogen bomb by Western observers of Soviet Union, to its transport by steam train to Olenya Air Base in rthwest Russia, to its final detonation above vaya Zemlya on October 30, 1961. More importantly, it provides never-before-seen shots of actual Tsar Bomba explosion in more elaborated manner.
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TO capture detonation, several Cameras were positioned hundreds of miles from blast and set up for low-light conditions so as t to be blinded by flash. cameras captured a fireball rising into sky for a full 40 seconds before it dissipated into a mushroom cloud. cloud rose 213,000 feet into air which is six times cruising altitude of a passenger jet. Tsar Bomba, was largest nuclear bomb ever created by Russian Military. It was developed at height of Cold War to compete with rmonuclear devices produced by USA.
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WATCH 'TSAR BOMBA TEST' FOOT HERE:
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11:17 IST, August 27th 2020