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> The Tsar Bomba was the practical limit for what could be dropped by an airplane. The design was for 100MT. Tsar Bomba was a reduced yield variant where some
by lr1970 5y ago
> The Tsar Bomba was the practical limit for what could be dropped by an airplane.
The design was for 100MT. Tsar Bomba was a reduced yield variant where some of uranium was replaced by lead to reduce the yield to 50MT. The 100MT variant had the same weight and dimensions and was deliverable by the same airplane.
- sgillen 5y agoTrue, but the airplane still needs to leave the blast radius before the bomb impacts the ground, the 50MT version still needed a large parachute to meet that requirement.