The explosion left behind a crater 300-400 ... March 1, 1954 Details: The largest nuclear bomb ever tested by the United States. A thermonuclear weapon, its explosive power came from nuclear ...

The Tzar Bomba was one of the most fearsome devices ever built ... human-made nuclear explosion could be. Its yield of 50 megatons, or 5,000 kilotons, was equal to 3,800 of the bombs dropped ...

The Navy bomb team were called to destroy the unexploded ... it was found and placed in a nearby field where a controlled explosion was carried out. An Isle of Wight resident discovered the ...

Only two atomic bombs have ever ... that no one should ever have to experience what I did at the age of 11." Even though Yamawaki survived the heat and blast of the explosion, he could not escape ...