But it still pales in comparison to the largest man-made explosion ever on Earth - the Soviet Union's Tsar Bomba - King of Bombs - detonated in 1961 in the height of the nuclear arms race.
On this day 80 years ago, Staffordshire was hit by the largest ever non-nuclear explosion on British soil ... at 11.11am on November 27, 1944. Bombs and ammunition were being stored at RAF ...
The Tzar Bomba was one of the most fearsome devices ever built ... made nuclear explosion could be. Its yield of 50 megatons, or 5,000 kilotons, was equal to 3,800 of the bombs dropped on ...
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WKRC) - Prosecutors said the FBI found over 150 pipe bombs in a residence, calling the find the largest seizure of explosives in the bureau's history. Brad Spafford was arrested ...
SMITHFIELD, Virginia (WAVY) — Residents worried about the large FBI presence and numerous explosions heard in Virginia ... agents had just uncovered a massive trove of pipe bombs, and deemed them too ...
US investigators seized over 150 pipe bombs and other homemade explosives from the home of Virginia man Brad Spafford in December, making it potentially the largest seizure of explosive devices in ...
"The explosion was the biggest I have ever seen," Achin governor Esmail Shinwari told AFP, adding the bomb landed in the Momand Dara area of the district. An Afghan militant source told AFP from ...