The Terrifying Tsar Bomba — The Mother of All Bombs Was Too Big

The explosion of Tsar Bomba was the largest man-made explosion in history

Peter Preskar
Short History
Published in
5 min readSep 28, 2022

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The Tsar Bomba (Image: science.howstuffworks.com) caused the largest man-made explosion in history (Image: newsweek.pl)

In the 1950s and 1960s, the Soviet Union succeeded in developing its own nuclear bombs. Yet, compared to the USA, they lacked strategic bombers and missiles to throw them at targets.

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