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Which is the stronger a nuclear missile or a nuclear bomb?

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A nuclear missile has a nuclear bomb in its warhead. The amount of explosives it can carry (because of weight) is limited, the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated was the soviet TZAR bomba, it’s power being equivalent to 50 Megatons (50 million tons) of TNT. read more

Concerns about fallout prompted Russian scientists to use lead tampers that dialed down the yield to half of the bomb’s capabilities. Interestingly enough, Tsar Bomba was one of the “cleanest” nuclear weapons ever detonated, because the bomb’s design eliminated 97 percent of the possible fallout. Even its size was monstrous. read more

RDS-220 hydrogen bomb (Tsar Bomba) is the most powerful thermo nuclear bomb ever built. Image courtesy of Scott Martin. The B41 nuclear bomb had an estimated yield of 25Mt. Image courtesy of the US Air Force. The TX-21 "Shrimp" was exploded during Castle Bravo nuclear weapon test. The Mk-17 was the first operational hydrogen bomb of the US Air Force. read more

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