Russia's Largest Nuclear Bomb Was Too Big (And Failed)
Steve Weintz
Security, Asia
This is why you don't skip steps when it comes to nukes.
Key Point: The Tsar Bomb convinced its creator to become an anti-nuclear activist.
On July 10, 1961 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev summoned the USSR's top nuclear weaponeers and told them to promptly resume nuclear testing. After roughing up America's young new President Kennedy at a Vienna summit in June, Khrushchev was in a mood, according to Andrei Sakharov, to “show the imperialists... Читать дальше...