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New Delhi: Tensions between India and Pakistan along the border are at their peak following the Pahalgam attack. There is also discussion about both countries’ stockpiles of nuclear weapons and their nuclear strike capabilities. But do you know which country possesses the largest nuclear bomb in the world and how much damage it can cause?
In August 1945, America dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Approximately 200,000 people were killed in this attack. The names of these two atomic bombs were Little Boy and Fat Man. There are 9 countries in the world that possess nuclear weapons. The United States has 5,748, Russia has 5,580, China has 500, France has 290, England has 225, India has 172, Pakistan has 170, Israel has 90, and North Korea has 50 nuclear weapons.
In the 1960s, America developed a mini nuclear bomb (Hydrogen Bomb) with a yield of five megatons. America created its mini version for its intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
This Russian bomb is nearly 50 years old and has a power of six megatons. Its advanced version B has already been prepared. Russia conducted its first nuclear test in August 1953 with this bomb. The explosion was conducted in the atmosphere rather than on the ground.
The American army has a seven-megaton atomic bomb that makes its enemies tremble worldwide. This nuclear bomb can be launched from a height of 60,000 feet at supersonic speed (Supersonic Missile). It is difficult for radar to detect it.
Russia possesses a nuclear bomb from the Soviet era that is eight megatons. It can obliterate even the strongest bunkers. It is said to be a small package with a big blast.
America has a nine-megaton bunker buster bomb. During the Cold War, America manufactured over 340 such bombs. This bomb is 12 feet long and weighs more than 4,000 kilograms. Its new version B83 is considered the most powerful bomb in the world.
The United States also has the thermonuclear gravity bomb TX-21 Shrimp. This is a large and powerful nuclear weapon. This 15-megaton atomic bomb was created in 1950. The explosion that America conducted on the Marshall Islands in March 1954 made use of this bomb. Instead of an explosion in the sky, it was detonated on the ground. This resulted in an explosion that caused significant devastation.
The second largest atomic bomb in the world is with America. The United States has the second most powerful 25-megaton atomic bomb. The United States has several versions of this atomic bomb. Over the past 65 years, America has developed several versions of this atomic bomb.
The world’s largest and most powerful atomic bomb, Tsar Bomba, is held by Russia. This atom bomb is of 50 megatons. If such a heavy and intense atomic bomb explodes, it could wipe out the existence of a major city. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union first made a bomb with the power of 100 TNT, but seeing the threat to the Earth from testing such bombs, it was reduced to 50 tons. Tsar Bomba has the power of 50 megatons of TNT, and its test was conducted on October 30, 1961, which was the largest nuclear explosion in world history. The atomic bomb that America dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima was only 15 kilotons. This means that Russia’s Tsar Bomba was 3,300 times more powerful than that atomic bomb.
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