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The ‘Tsar Bomba’ Was a 50-Megaton Monster Nuke

• bootload 10y ago
  "Up to 50 miles away, anyone exposed to the flash of the weapon would receive third-degree burns. In short, a Tsar Bomba warhead would completely devastate the entire Los Angeles metropolitan area. In 1963, Khrushchev said the Soviet Union possessed a 100-megaton bomb that it deployed to East Germany. " The late 50's, early 60's were indeed a crazy time. 3K times the effect of Hiroshima. Think about that.