After the Soviet Union tested the Tsar Bomba in 1961—the highest-yield nuclear device in history—the White House issued the following statement. “Fear is the oldest weapon in history ...

After the Soviet Union tested the Tsar Bomba in 1961—the highest-yield nuclear device in history —the White House issued the following statement. “Fear is the oldest weapon in history.

Moscow's military also uses the IAB-500 nuclear simulator that mimics the combat use of an RN-24 bomb—a thermonuclear bomb design.

The most powerful weapon in the US nuclear arsenal is the B83 nuclear bomb. Developed in the late 1970s and in use since 1983 ...

The Tsar Bomba, the largest and most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated, remains an iconic and terrifying testament to the destructive power of nuclear energy. Developed by the Soviet Union during ...

The Tsar Bomba was a glimpse of how enormous a human-made nuclear explosion could be. Its yield of 50 megatons, or 50,000 kilotons, was equal to 3,800 of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima, or to 50 ...

A Russian state corporation has released previously-classified footage documenting the development and detonation of the legendary ‘Tsar Bomba’ hydrogen bomb in celebration of 75 years of ...

These included the Tsar Bomba, the largest nuclear device ever detonated at 50 megatons of TNT equivalent, nearly 4,000 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb. It was set off on Oct. 30, 1961.

The head of Russia’s nuclear, biological and chemical forces was blown up Tuesday by a bomb-rigged scooter — the highest-ranking Russian official killed in more than 2 1/2 years of war.

Russia has released previously classified footage of the world's largest nuclear explosion, caused when the Soviet Union detonated the so-called Tsar Bomba almost 60 years ago.

More than 3,000 people were evacuated from their homes on April 22 in the Russian city of Belgorod after Defense Ministry explosives technicians discovered an aerial bomb on a city street, the ...

An explosion kills the head of Russia's nuclear defense forces in Moscow A senior Russian general was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow.