Tzar Bomba location from Google Earth

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  • This is a bird's eye view, from Google Earth, of the area where the most powerful atomic bomb ever used in the history of the world was dropped. You may want to check out my Tzar Bomb in other places comparison video: • Tzar Bomba effects on ...
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  • @atikin_0
    @atikin_0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51205

    During some minutes the pilot was literaly the most powerful guy on the planet.

    • @SemperVictor1120
      @SemperVictor1120 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6131

      imagine the pilot getting a crazy episode and randomly pinpointed an overpopulated drop off point

    • @thiccchungusexe8964
      @thiccchungusexe8964 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1356

      Yeah but the cold war was basically USA vs Russia so he probably wouldnt have made it over the atlantic

    • @milkstuff2870
      @milkstuff2870 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1102

      @@thiccchungusexe8964 he maybe could have made it to Sweden or Finland ans that would cause a ww3 of he did it

    • @shockwave2008
      @shockwave2008 3 ปีที่แล้ว +656

      @@jacoreyfunches9584
      Nice. The entire population of China is responsible for Covid. Good job for the stupidity, I guess?

    • @tinamuchahari1514
      @tinamuchahari1514 3 ปีที่แล้ว +162

      The bomb was attached to a gaint parachute, there was no crazy think about this...

  • @flakmag1004
    @flakmag1004 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26229

    Soviets: you have a 50% chance of living
    Pilot: *I like those odds*

    • @smoog
      @smoog 5 ปีที่แล้ว +881

      I doubt he got to have a say in the matter..

    • @YouNoob93
      @YouNoob93 5 ปีที่แล้ว +641

      Not great, not terrible

    • @kylekent6685
      @kylekent6685 5 ปีที่แล้ว +188

      Know that's a number I can live with!

    • @daru5002
      @daru5002 5 ปีที่แล้ว +463

      @@smoog Soviets wouldn't let a pilot fly on a plane with a nuclear bomb without his consent.

    • @pvzfan4208
      @pvzfan4208 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      thef86f I wonder if he was paid. Unless the Soviets forced him too. A job like that better pay Well.

  • @PhantomSavage
    @PhantomSavage 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +722

    You know a blast is no joke when even the Soviet Union went "... yeah.. maybe we shouldn't do that again.."

    • @IDontHaveACreativeHandle
      @IDontHaveACreativeHandle 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Exactly what I was thinking

    • @mertc8050
      @mertc8050 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

      You know its no joke when soviets thought maybe 100 megatons is too much lets downgrade the bomb to 50 megatons. Yeah tsar bomba is a 100 megaton bomb they just downgraded it

    • @waltuh2.3bviews3secondsago3
      @waltuh2.3bviews3secondsago3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well the tsar bombs was completely impractical, there is no reason to build another one. Castle bravo was far more intimidating

    • @timspiker
      @timspiker หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      @@mertc8050 One part of me says I shouldn't. But the other part of me really likes to know what that'd look like. Although we simply double the math. Instead of 3x, the shockwave would travel the Earth 6 times. The heat would be felt 540 miles away and the shockwave would be seen 1000 miles away and probably as well from space... Still we'd have to drop it to confirm that. *insert manical laughter*

    • @eduardoarmenta9232
      @eduardoarmenta9232 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And to think that the asteroid impact 65 million years ago was about 9 million times more powerful than this bomb (apparently the blast wave was so powerful that the vast majority of animals on the planet's surface went deaf)

  • @TheDa6781
    @TheDa6781 2 ปีที่แล้ว +282

    Comrade, your chances of survival are 50%.
    Pilot: not good, not terrible.

    • @scottydu81
      @scottydu81 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I rate it 3.6 out of 5

    • @garden0fstone736
      @garden0fstone736 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Still better odds than a casino

    • @nakki123
      @nakki123 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@scottydu81 but 3.6 is max

    • @ThizzoJitsu
      @ThizzoJitsu 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Lmao

    • @grzyb11
      @grzyb11 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@scottydu81me when get reference!!1!1!!!!

  • @01busta
    @01busta 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14136

    What is that? A normal. non-clickbaiting, educating history video without any political context? Jesus Christ it's good. I miss those modern days.

    • @mamapanda5874
      @mamapanda5874 5 ปีที่แล้ว +416

      I know right?!? It’s almost impossible to find someone who isn’t shoving their political opinions down your throat.

    • @akaSUPERMAN
      @akaSUPERMAN 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      MAGA

    • @beanheadshlingle3640
      @beanheadshlingle3640 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Christ

    • @flum6881
      @flum6881 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@mamapanda5874 no.. It's really not hard

    • @01busta
      @01busta 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@beanheadshlingle3640 thanks, corrected) Sorry, English is not my 1st language

  • @kot32222
    @kot32222 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13303

    Plane: taking off
    Pilot: So yeah, boss. I wanted to talk to you about the salary

    • @pixelraster9588
      @pixelraster9588 3 ปีที่แล้ว +247

      This feels like a splinter cell reference

    • @magnesjberg24
      @magnesjberg24 3 ปีที่แล้ว +436

      The leverage we would have would be immense, but i suppose they had fail safe plans if the pilot went awall, i imganie he was threatened like hell with execution before the flight too. Idk

    • @snil3464
      @snil3464 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      It's the same as everyone else, obviously.

    • @benjyzf1976
      @benjyzf1976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@magnesjberg24 yeah they surely put someone else in the plane to keep an eye on him or bombs to blow him up

    • @magnesjberg24
      @magnesjberg24 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@benjyzf1976 yeah but what about that person? What if he goes rogue?

  • @mrannonymous4822
    @mrannonymous4822 ปีที่แล้ว +255

    Considering how far and wide that blast reached I'm amazed how that pilot made it out alive given how close he was

    • @Olothur
      @Olothur ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That's a very stable and durable plane they had there.

    • @Gamer-qr8ee
      @Gamer-qr8ee 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@Olothur I heard that it was a 50/50 chance of survival from a video a while ago

    • @thekantedkalcedony
      @thekantedkalcedony 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      @@Gamer-qr8eeyeah this video mentions he had a 50/50 chances of survival…

    • @chri5wyd367
      @chri5wyd367 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      WHOOOOOOSHHH 💥✈​@@thekantedkalcedony

    • @razorblade7486
      @razorblade7486 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      if they use mach 3-4 aeroplanes i wonder if the pilot can outrun the area of effect​@@thekantedkalcedony

  • @albionparrot5607
    @albionparrot5607 ปีที่แล้ว +382

    The airfield used was the Olenya Airfield, which has a runway length of 2.1 miles. Sufficient for the modified Tu-95 and payload. There was actually a second aircraft, a modified Tu-16, on the mission, the Tu-95 carrying the payload, the Tu-16 filming and collecting data from the test.

    • @Pickled_Poet
      @Pickled_Poet 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      I was wondering where the photos were taken from, thats crazy (and proves that the cameraman never dies)

    • @dooonot
      @dooonot 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yep, that one was heavily used at that time and probably now. I used to live nearby in Protoki when I was a child, like in 1998-2000. Quite depressive place with extremely poor living conditions, do not recommend.

  • @mighty_robo
    @mighty_robo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22487

    “Commander, the pilot is not responding and he is heading off course”
    “Where is he headed”
    “Moscow.”
    “Blyat”

    • @youtubeaccount982
      @youtubeaccount982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1795

      "Deploy the bears."

    • @Sea_bear_42
      @Sea_bear_42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1315

      “Pull out the vodka”

    • @siilex
      @siilex 3 ปีที่แล้ว +190

      imagine

    • @tonkotsuramen8453
      @tonkotsuramen8453 3 ปีที่แล้ว +932

      "Comrade, where the блять are you going?!"
      "Dmitri, this man teamkilled me in CSGO last night"

    • @oneidavisscher6
      @oneidavisscher6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +317

      i think they are able to detonate the bomb remotely if they want, dont know for sure but would be a crazy story if a pilot went rogue

  • @emie1170
    @emie1170 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12150

    1960: In the future we will have peace and no need for atomic bombs
    1961: *_Tsar Bomba_*

    • @K00Lkid
      @K00Lkid 5 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      @Robert Curtis it's a joke you bum head

    • @dannyh8288
      @dannyh8288 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      They said it after WW1??? You fool, they atomic bomb was not invented in WW1!!!

    • @emie1170
      @emie1170 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Danny Hudack
      i really hope you’re joking

    • @dannyh8288
      @dannyh8288 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Emi E I was replying to Robert Curtis. He said your quote occurred after WW1. The atomic bomb was developed in WW2.

    • @emie1170
      @emie1170 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Danny Hudack yeah i get it now

  • @AnonAnonAnon
    @AnonAnonAnon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1043

    My science teacher in the 1970s once spoke about this bomb. He claimed that the detonate released a massive amount of radiation into the atmosphere which was carried by the easterly/north eastern winds down into Western Europe, Britain and Ireland thus causing a spike in rare cancers through the mid to late 1960s. Many studies were done on the effects of the radiation but most suppressed due to not wanting to alarm the general public.

    • @petermartijnheite-bauwens1632
      @petermartijnheite-bauwens1632 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And they keep telling us Tsjernobyl was the cause of the cancer rates going up. The world and his Powerfull idiots must stop al the nonces with war and hating eachother. We have one planet and have to live on it close together so they must create a peacefull world and spend money together on ..... that everyone can live in normal circumstances. Why having trillions on your bank account and do nothing with it... while people suffering??

    • @larsontv2993
      @larsontv2993 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Chernobyl did this too

    • @n1troni
      @n1troni ปีที่แล้ว

      Its not only cuz of tsar bomb there is a documentary about brits's army testing nuclear stuff and there were more than 18.000 army personnel touched by the radiation and most of them are dead now beecause of radiation cancers and anything else possible by nuclear detonations

    • @cosmic7194
      @cosmic7194 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@larsontv2993 big time

    • @dylanharding5720
      @dylanharding5720 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@larsontv2993 the difference being that the researched effects are available to the public.

  • @maqy01
    @maqy01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    my grandfather told my dad about one time he saw a big flash from the north-east, right around then, and he was around trondheim, norway. makes ya think.

    • @robertflores2282
      @robertflores2282 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      he definitely saw it. It could be seen from 1000 km away. And alot of people in Norway did see it

  • @nightmareonfriday1334
    @nightmareonfriday1334 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12297

    The fact that the bomb was supposed to be twice as powerful, but the scientists were like "hmmm that might be too powerful" and they stripped the bomb of half the explosive material, is blood chilling.

    • @eub8253
      @eub8253 2 ปีที่แล้ว +238

      yeah...not enough that you can't move your fingers

    • @Kolin101
      @Kolin101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      You're talking bullshit. It's a hydrogen bomb not uranium one, they resigned of using the "uranium tamper" which would only increase the energy of fussion reaction of tritium (hydrogen's heavy isotope), it has nothing to do with the amount of "fuel" itself. Normal nuclear bomb is only an ignition system to a thermonuclear bomb itself.

    • @user-ox9kw2kk9d
      @user-ox9kw2kk9d 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      yeah, thats exactly how we do things

    • @ledoyedo5483
      @ledoyedo5483 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@Kolin101 the DNS says otherwise

    • @nebularspace
      @nebularspace 2 ปีที่แล้ว +208

      It’s actually because it would have used their entire supply of… yknow… nuke making material to make it as strong as they had planned

  • @JarateDrinker69
    @JarateDrinker69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17035

    The man was born with 8 balls, he kept 2 and the other 6 are now known as the infinity stones.

  • @lordogaming9697
    @lordogaming9697 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    when your dad discoveres google maps and wikipedea

  • @ColoradosBackyard
    @ColoradosBackyard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    Thanks for this video, I never new how powerful this nuclear bomb was. What's even crazier is that the Tsar Bomb that was dropped was 50 mega tons powerful, but had the capacity to be a 100 mega tons bomb, so imagine what it would have been like if they used the full capacity of the Tsar Bomba!

    • @ohgoditsjames94
      @ohgoditsjames94 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Doubling the double does not double the blast radius, so the difference wouldn't be as significant as you think.

    • @imbaby5499
      @imbaby5499 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​@@ohgoditsjames94it would be roughly 4^(1/3)~=1.58 times, which is still terrifying.

    • @ivan00001983
      @ivan00001983 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They gave up on 100 because (if I remember correctly, scientific blasphemy possible ahead), they should have used uranium tamper to achieve 100 Mt, but such solution would create more fallout than all the other tests before it combined, so that is the reason why it was dialed down.

  • @nicklasgram9490
    @nicklasgram9490 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8596

    Soviet military: you have 50% chance of dying
    Pilot: *chugs a bottle of vodka* that sounds like I have 50% chance of living

    • @Adrift555
      @Adrift555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +198

      Soviet notational anthem que

    • @MNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMN
      @MNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMN 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      How does a bottle of vodka sound like you having a 50% chance of living?

    • @Man-qq2em
      @Man-qq2em 3 ปีที่แล้ว +188

      @@MNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMN God I hope you're joking...

    • @MNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMN
      @MNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMN 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@Man-qq2em Yes, very much so

    • @jeff-hd9og
      @jeff-hd9og 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@MNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMNMN read it again

  • @Crabsthicc
    @Crabsthicc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3812

    Why is nobody talking about the photographer of the plane and bomb? He had to run for his life while a parachuting bomb was falling miles behind him.

    • @alexandervassiliev9403
      @alexandervassiliev9403 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1019

      camera guys cant die bro

    • @higgsboson8103
      @higgsboson8103 3 ปีที่แล้ว +185

      @@alexandervassiliev9403 facts

    • @theshreddedone8322
      @theshreddedone8322 3 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      @@higgsboson8103 why you named after a fuckin atom?

    • @higgsboson8103
      @higgsboson8103 3 ปีที่แล้ว +332

      @@theshreddedone8322 it's not an atom, it's a subatomic particle that is an excitation in the higgs field, the higgs field gives the particles their masses

    • @theshreddedone8322
      @theshreddedone8322 3 ปีที่แล้ว +222

      @@higgsboson8103 excuse my error, but anyway. Why are you named after a fucking subatomic particle?

  • @nordholz124
    @nordholz124 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Thank you for making this informational video! It really means a lot to us!

  • @ulrikcaspersen9145
    @ulrikcaspersen9145 2 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    Really interesting video. One thing you could have added is the effect compared to natural events: Various sources cite an effect in the range of 50 - 60 MT (Mega Tonnes) of TNT, compared to the effect of the Krakatoa (a caldera in Indonesia) eruption in 1883 which is rated at 200 - 250 MT; cited as one of the, if not THE, most powerful explosion(s) in recorded history.

    • @vipersanova6222
      @vipersanova6222 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      if humans wanted a big explosion we can use yellow stone

    • @kinnexion
      @kinnexion 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@vipersanova6222sorry to break it to you, but scientists have pretty much concluded that Yellowstone won’t erupt how we expect it to. It is going to basically erupt with a long whimper, and it won’t be in our lifetimes

  • @sniclops15
    @sniclops15 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9114

    That moment when a bomb was so powerful that they had to slow it down so the guy flying the plane didn't die.

    • @biomuseum6645
      @biomuseum6645 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      What do you mean by “slow down”?

    • @sniclops15
      @sniclops15 3 ปีที่แล้ว +798

      @@biomuseum6645 The parachute slowing its descent so the pilot could get away in time

    • @biomuseum6645
      @biomuseum6645 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      @@sniclops15 Damn ._.

    • @aperson3565
      @aperson3565 3 ปีที่แล้ว +562

      When it was soo powerful they had to cut the nuclear power by 50%
      It was supposed to be 100mt but because they wanted Mr pilot to live they cut it to 50mt

    • @MCshadr217
      @MCshadr217 3 ปีที่แล้ว +290

      @@aperson3565 Ayyy someone else who knows that fact. It's scary too, because I'm fairly sure the testing basically taught them that they could easily increase or decrease the power within the same bomb, even going upto 200mt if they wanted.

  • @andrewfarinella8523
    @andrewfarinella8523 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3633

    Scientist at trinity test site - "this might set the atmosphere on fire and destroy the world."
    Soviets - " lets do that but 3000 times bigger"

    • @imtheonewhoasked.5521
      @imtheonewhoasked.5521 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Boy I love Russia

    • @IamBallingIamFading-vs7pt
      @IamBallingIamFading-vs7pt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@elessartelcontar9415 but can the atmosphere be set on fire by a atom bomb tho?

    • @brahbruh8245
      @brahbruh8245 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @@IamBallingIamFading-vs7pt if it's enough powerful maybe yes

    • @MammalianCreature
      @MammalianCreature 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@brahbruh8245 A big enough atom bomb could probably rip another hole in the atmosphere

    • @brahbruh8245
      @brahbruh8245 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MammalianCreature probably

  • @everettharris967
    @everettharris967 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Thank you algorithm for putting this in my suggestions. It was actually quite interesting.

  • @LordRinggaard
    @LordRinggaard 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    it even shattered windows in Finland, which is even more far away

  • @SpitFyrr
    @SpitFyrr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11490

    What has always frightened me, is that every time I hear someone talk about tsar bomba, they describe it as the most powerful bomb ever detonated. No one has ever said it's the most powerful bomb ever made.

    • @anthonyvallejo9127
      @anthonyvallejo9127 3 ปีที่แล้ว +469

      *shiver*

    • @mokshajkapadia912
      @mokshajkapadia912 3 ปีที่แล้ว +721

      Aw hell na bro why’d u say that

    • @behindbigm
      @behindbigm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2190

      Cause it’s not. The tsar bombs was originally created to be 2x more powerful, but they filled it partly with lead instead due to fears it would make the atmosphere evaporate across the world

    • @supermaksas
      @supermaksas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1283

      Yeah, fun part about that is how this was a WEAKENED version of the bomb. Actual "in practice" Tsar Bomba would have been 2x the yield.
      No idea why they didn't test the full yield though. Maybe they didn't want to drop the pilots survival chances into negative percents.

    • @vegetabluueevolution2807
      @vegetabluueevolution2807 3 ปีที่แล้ว +382

      @@behindbigm that's the point he's trying to make, he's frightened of the fact that there are much stronger ones out there

  • @smokindrew516
    @smokindrew516 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3695

    2am
    Her: he's probably texting other girls right now
    Me: ndayum, 500 miles

    • @jekke1980
      @jekke1980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Smokin' Drew 🤣👍

    • @drishy94303
      @drishy94303 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      1am and gf said go to bed, sitting here watching anywY

    • @Dee-xm5jr
      @Dee-xm5jr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      XDDDD

    • @kv4648
      @kv4648 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      5am for me

    • @ANTUBER
      @ANTUBER 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Underrated

  • @Bees_in_your_ear
    @Bees_in_your_ear 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    Hello from Kola Peninsula! Nice vid btw

  • @DeathProofXXX
    @DeathProofXXX ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video man, reading the figures just wasn’t enough, I needed this visual aid.

  • @adroit4104
    @adroit4104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7326

    8 minutes and I’m already more educated than 6 hours of school

    • @forresthaggertychannel4301
      @forresthaggertychannel4301  3 ปีที่แล้ว +631

      That's a very funny comment! :))))

    • @janwaynes.4713
      @janwaynes.4713 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      I know right

    • @MT-bf2nb
      @MT-bf2nb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Maybe in your country, Kaden

    • @d4rkscarletwitch
      @d4rkscarletwitch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Fr

    • @adroit4104
      @adroit4104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@SOULAANI_ I’m Canadian, we don’t learn about nuclear warfare testing

  • @easycompanyog6804
    @easycompanyog6804 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7239

    “Mankind invented the atomic bomb, but no mouse would ever construct a mouse trap” -Albert Einstein

    • @sleepwalker8994
      @sleepwalker8994 3 ปีที่แล้ว +561

      yeah cause theyre dumb lol

    • @Austin-Afridi
      @Austin-Afridi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +444

      @@sleepwalker8994 Top of the food chain *BABEEE*

    • @hardnachopuppy
      @hardnachopuppy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +403

      Give the mouse opposable thumbs and Brain big enough to think then we'll see

    • @senkkella7664
      @senkkella7664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      @@sleepwalker8994 cause they dont start wars with their species so they don't have to kill each other*

    • @walkingzeak6682
      @walkingzeak6682 3 ปีที่แล้ว +339

      Mouse are literally notoriously known to partake in cannibalism all the time when ever there is even a slight competition for food. I think if they had the capacity to create a mouse trap they would.

  • @kharitaylor2489
    @kharitaylor2489 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for displaying the impact of the bomb on a map.Just imagine it actually getting dropped somewhere and making contact.Scary to think how wide of an impact it has.

  • @765kvline
    @765kvline 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Fascinating to see the distances involved in its after effects during and after the detonation. Gives you a real idea of how powerful this gadget was.

  • @baconflavordoritos9822
    @baconflavordoritos9822 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9088

    I’m surprised the plane was even able to fly considering the massive balls that pilot had weighing it down

    • @deleylerody3462
      @deleylerody3462 3 ปีที่แล้ว +256

      The reason why they had to put a parachute on the bomb. The plane was weighed down by his massive balls of steel.

    • @elizabethweigle6146
      @elizabethweigle6146 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      🤣🤣🤣 I’ll admit, it took me a second to make sure I read it correctly, but that is honestly one of the funniest things I’ve heard in a while

    • @goose93
      @goose93 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah it's balls were really big and heavy

    • @mrmookypooky
      @mrmookypooky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @Soggy Slopster ya its funny *maybe* the first time you read it, but from there on out it just gets really infuriating to see how many people love the comment.

    • @michaeldonahue4600
      @michaeldonahue4600 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      These jokes are so fucking old. Please retire this shit.

  • @trundenthebad
    @trundenthebad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1531

    I cannot imagine the stress of flying with a tzar bomba under my feet.

    • @qjarrangements4989
      @qjarrangements4989 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Well if it went wrong you’d have roughly .000001 milliseconds to think about it then it wouldn’t be your problem anymorw

    • @nippon19
      @nippon19 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      i assume most of the crew didn't realize they are just some feet above the most powerfull atom bomb ever created, such a bomb must have been covered by secret and they maybe think it's just a motherfucking big bomb.

    • @trundenthebad
      @trundenthebad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@nippon19 they did know tho, they had exactly 1 min to get away and knew they might not come back.

    • @lambda9990
      @lambda9990 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      it doesn't go off unless it's armed, if it's not armed it's just a big paperweight (although blowing it up with something else would be a bad idea)

    • @nippon19
      @nippon19 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lambda9990 imo a potentially 150 Mt H bomb isn't THIS "safe", even unarmed

  • @jamesblyth4966
    @jamesblyth4966 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    thankyou for this information, I enjoyed every second of your video.

  • @bluedjules7623
    @bluedjules7623 2 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    It would be really helpful if you could also mention kilometres, kilos and other metric terms, so everyone outside of America can understand you too. (That said, informative video! Thanks)

    • @DMC888
      @DMC888 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      and maybe draw some circles instead of all these lines.

    • @kyle-409
      @kyle-409 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Just do the math like I have to do when people use the metric system 😂

    • @Xnoob545
      @Xnoob545 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@kyle-409 metric system only required adding zeroes or shifting decimal places
      Abandon the imperial system and build an intuition for metric and never have to worry about multiplication by all these weird values that imperial has

    • @hiddendagger7
      @hiddendagger7 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      just look it up on google honestly

    • @painhurtssometimes2185
      @painhurtssometimes2185 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Xnoob545yea but AMERICA 🇺🇸

  • @shockyzors
    @shockyzors 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1989

    And this was back in 1960... imagine what we could create now with our modern equipment and knowledge..scary af to say the least

    • @01Grey
      @01Grey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      And imagine if we transport that nuclear bomb power to a power that benefets humanity. what whold we become

    • @urnamed32
      @urnamed32 5 ปีที่แล้ว +238

      @@01Grey its basically a nuclear reactor m8

    • @JustLiftUce
      @JustLiftUce 5 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      Mankind in this generation created social media.. that alone creates more deaths and chaos then a nuke from 1961.. Fakebook and Twatter are your modern day nuclear weapons.. IMO

    • @01Grey
      @01Grey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@urnamed32 and how much you think they use it for serving humanity? my ass there is more then i dont know 900 nuclear warheads on this fuckin planet . "we dont have money to feed the poor but we have a lot to fund a war"

    • @terryjones1062
      @terryjones1062 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@01Grey The US alone has over 4000 nuclear warheads stockpiled.

  • @NeelTigers
    @NeelTigers 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3257

    Has 50% chance of living
    Pilot: Those are the best odds I’ve had in years

    • @animan-264
      @animan-264 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      He already had a 35% chance of staying alive in Russia

    • @hiiambarney4489
      @hiiambarney4489 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@animan-264 Oh so that's why the old Russian ladies are powerhouses. They literally have to be superhuman to survive that long.
      And don't take this as a joke either, I've seen it first hand.
      I've worked with 65 year old Russian woman constructing a house for their children. There are these huge 2-3by2-3 metres metal gratings for stability that are cemented into floors. I don't quite know how heavy they are but they are really unwieldly and 2 friends really struggled to lift one while the 65 year old woman took one aloneeeee...

    • @aspectofbld1408
      @aspectofbld1408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Interstellar reference?

    • @NeelTigers
      @NeelTigers 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@aspectofbld1408 I see ur a man of culture as well

    • @rumrain838
      @rumrain838 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@animan-264 how do you know he was Russian, he could of been from any country in the Soviet Union

  • @johnglennlambayon2412
    @johnglennlambayon2412 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    7:25 "...until 2022"

  • @Messoniz
    @Messoniz ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing video, very learning. Keep it up man!

  • @shuranii
    @shuranii 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7926

    no one:
    youtube: i think you need to know where the tsar bomb is

    • @davidfiser8593
      @davidfiser8593 5 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      * was... well this is one of more interesting topics to watch instead of feeding on memes.

    • @hotdiggityballs9454
      @hotdiggityballs9454 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Where it was dropped not where it is

    • @serhatgenc0
      @serhatgenc0 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Dont watch it then gtfo.

    • @oscar_joe7740
      @oscar_joe7740 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Recommended is such good

    • @tw2ntyse7en
      @tw2ntyse7en 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      sakamoto

  • @dm5802
    @dm5802 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7459

    I’m pretty sure you’re missing the fact that the airplane was nosediving not only because of the shockwave of the bomb but mainly because of the weight of the balls of the pilot.

    • @elsden722
      @elsden722 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      @@rezwittkerchester2055 go smoke some more crack

    • @erenjaeger1375
      @erenjaeger1375 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@rezwittkerchester2055 stfu

    • @verony9519
      @verony9519 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@CTGReviews i think hes saying that the pilot prayed to god and thats why he lived

    • @GetFidW_GdPengon_leader5
      @GetFidW_GdPengon_leader5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@verony9519 no, there random comment bots that comment random verses

    • @FredrikSkievan
      @FredrikSkievan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@verony9519 Yeah the russian pilot took his hands of the steering wheel, Opened a bible and began to pray in perfect english. Wtf are you thinking lol

  • @StegoArchives
    @StegoArchives 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This really puts things into perspective, Thank you

  • @bulletbeatboxer
    @bulletbeatboxer ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much for making this.

  • @jaynuke7985
    @jaynuke7985 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5164

    Only in Russia will you find a pilot that that's like, "Eh 50/50's a good gamble to be either be torn to bits by a nuclear bomb or barely survive and have THE BEST bar story ever."

    • @Niko-vh8jh
      @Niko-vh8jh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +200

      You think they told him it was 50/50? Lol. That’s like the Americans telling their pilots in WW2 that 3/5 wouldn’t finish their first 3 missions.

    • @Niko-vh8jh
      @Niko-vh8jh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @Din Do Nuffin First off, Army Air Force and RAF used completely different bombing techniques. 2nd off, your talking about a POW, not some kid who signed up looking for adventure.

    • @ItsJustBIaze
      @ItsJustBIaze 2 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      "Oh? You were attacked by a kid with an rpg in 'nam? Well did I ever tell you about the time I *dropped the biggest bomb ever detonated?"*

    • @opxx6910
      @opxx6910 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/j1Pvl8psmGk/w-d-xo.html

    • @forge16hanadamaintenancedr43
      @forge16hanadamaintenancedr43 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Niko-vh8jh That's the European battlefield. No such luck for Asia.

  • @nowanimportant8887
    @nowanimportant8887 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1198

    Drop this in the Pacific near Japan and there'll be a gigantic, orange-hot lizard making Tokyo its personal playground

    • @novadestry
      @novadestry 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I don't think there would be a Japan left

    • @hypercoyote204
      @hypercoyote204 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      OLD GODZILLA WAS HOPPIN AROUND TOKYO CITY LIKE A BIG PLAYGROUND

    • @teodorsimeonov8752
      @teodorsimeonov8752 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thats hydrogen bomb and there is no radiation in the proces and the only thing is the waves are so powerfull and the sound is so loud that your head will explode so

    • @fxailing1201
      @fxailing1201 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Alec’s random stuff no

    • @tornadomash00
      @tornadomash00 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Alec’s random stuff and godzilla is english for gojira

  • @ImARealHumanPerson
    @ImARealHumanPerson ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well-done video. Informative with no nonsense.

  • @lawrencet83
    @lawrencet83 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The story behind this bomb is incredible. Originally it was to a 100 megaton, and the Russians say they made this bomb from extra parts off the shelf. That must be one hell of a shelf to have spare nuclear bomb parts whatever you need.

  • @JustinY.
    @JustinY. 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6872

    It really makes you think what types of weapons we have developed now considering the fact that the Tsar Bombs was conceived almost 60 years ago

    • @johnathanmarshall229
      @johnathanmarshall229 6 ปีที่แล้ว +654

      Justin Y. I'll never stop hunting you.

    • @emilyclarke788
      @emilyclarke788 6 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Justin Y. lol

    • @emilyclarke788
      @emilyclarke788 6 ปีที่แล้ว +309

      Justin Y. your coments are on every video on youtube

    • @mcveigh1579
      @mcveigh1579 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Justin Y. Yep. Definitly.

    • @mcveigh1579
      @mcveigh1579 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      kaden hunt he even commented on my latest video

  • @Icneumone7
    @Icneumone7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3629

    Drop it in Yellowstone caldera for maximum effect

    • @mowvu5380
      @mowvu5380 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      ffs haha😅

    • @facilityguard970
      @facilityguard970 5 ปีที่แล้ว +166

      Lmao I’ll be dead along with everyone else in a 700-1000 mile radius :]

    • @Icneumone7
      @Icneumone7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +169

      @@facilityguard970 More like 20000 mile radius😋😑

    • @avecii1457
      @avecii1457 5 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      Dont give them ideas

    • @vladimirfasyura8191
      @vladimirfasyura8191 5 ปีที่แล้ว +180

      @@avecii1457 actually it is official strategy plan to end the "WW3"

  • @Yhoshua_B
    @Yhoshua_B 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you for the lesson in history!

  • @christianwhalen9263
    @christianwhalen9263 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I appreciate the video, Keanu

  • @alexcomeau4919
    @alexcomeau4919 3 ปีที่แล้ว +847

    3rd degree burns at 62 miles (100km) away, that's the scariest thing I've ever heard

    • @Amarinoify
      @Amarinoify 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      yes

    • @eub8253
      @eub8253 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      yeah...I guess you doesn't have a mother-in-law.

    • @notme3988
      @notme3988 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      that would be like hell my guy
      imagine in an area you get 3rd degree burns if you go in

    • @hypercaneaurastopalan1503
      @hypercaneaurastopalan1503 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@eub8253 what’s your problem?

    • @ihatethatyoutubedisplaysyo8106
      @ihatethatyoutubedisplaysyo8106 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hypercaneaurastopalan1503 Mother-in-law will give 3rd degree burns from a different continent, just by reading a text.

  • @nexxus4127
    @nexxus4127 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3939

    This guy know so much about this I’m starting to think he was the pilot!
    Edit: wow I'm back a year later thank you for al the likes! its the most I've ever had!

    • @shahidakhuhro3490
      @shahidakhuhro3490 5 ปีที่แล้ว +151

      That would be quite the plot twist

    • @YgSmLn
      @YgSmLn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Anyone can learn. Fuckhead

    • @strowie2889
      @strowie2889 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      5.45 x Gewehr are you actually that humorless

    • @FD-ug1vj
      @FD-ug1vj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      @@YgSmLn hoes mad

    • @von132
      @von132 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Chernobyl Sniper r/woooosh

  • @bbtyeahright
    @bbtyeahright 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thanks for the video, very informative!!

  • @GatorNick
    @GatorNick 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Forrest this video is blowing up for you! No pun intended of course....😬😏

  • @domc9026
    @domc9026 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1201

    News update: Actual Video on Tsar Bomba is finally being declassified.

    • @spvcethvg8462
      @spvcethvg8462 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I thought it was out?

    • @loubentodias
      @loubentodias 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      When? Sounds like i need to watch it

    • @bigmeatyveinylog
      @bigmeatyveinylog 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      link plz

    • @trulyarmored6462
      @trulyarmored6462 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@bigmeatyveinylog th-cam.com/video/BBNhYOmEgy0/w-d-xo.html

    • @bigmeatyveinylog
      @bigmeatyveinylog 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@trulyarmored6462 thanks

  • @jamesmortimer4016
    @jamesmortimer4016 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4201

    Imagine how mutch hardbass you could play with all that energy

    • @achilles1889
      @achilles1889 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Yeah...

    • @tobiasbaarda4193
      @tobiasbaarda4193 5 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      James Mortimer the tsar blyat

    • @georgestefanuzzi7056
      @georgestefanuzzi7056 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      James Mortimer чики брики и в дамки, пацан!]

    • @x0rtex
      @x0rtex 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      No stop being a cringy slavaboo

    • @januub5153
      @januub5153 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@x0rtex b-blyat, I was born in vodka and hardbass, you just dont understand

  • @tuankietoan4928
    @tuankietoan4928 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My man found the tsar location, keep it up!🎉

  • @unsubdu3d
    @unsubdu3d 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting and very illustrative analysis. Nicely done

  • @pureangling627
    @pureangling627 3 ปีที่แล้ว +873

    Random animal on Russian Island: *just chilling and looks up to see 30 ton bomb falling down on it.

    • @user-hf9ow2cs8v
      @user-hf9ow2cs8v 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Посмейся клоун)

    • @lemagnificent7553
      @lemagnificent7553 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Chuckles
      I'm in danger

    • @danielfarfudinov3193
      @danielfarfudinov3193 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      It probably didn't even feel pain, just died in an instant

    • @brighamruud5090
      @brighamruud5090 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@danielfarfudinov3193 instantly plasma

    • @mr.boobania
      @mr.boobania 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      One second your here, next second your not.

  • @aley211
    @aley211 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3701

    Knock, knock
    Finland: who’s there?
    ..tsar BOMBA blyaaaat

    • @jungle6815
      @jungle6815 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Its blyaaaaaaaaaaaat

    • @aley211
      @aley211 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jungle6815 better ?

    • @jungle6815
      @jungle6815 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@aley211 pure russian version is blllllyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat with thick l and a

    • @KinbynTrapstar
      @KinbynTrapstar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      im from finland😂

    • @rstvgmes6308
      @rstvgmes6308 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Knock, knock
      Finland: Who's there?
      SUKA BLYAT

  • @mizzle5630
    @mizzle5630 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was oddly one of the most entertaining videos I've seen in a while.

  • @HonJazzz
    @HonJazzz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I’ve seen the old footage of the blast. I wonder how far away the camera was to record the mushroom cloud. I’m surprised the film wasn’t ruined due to the radiation.

    • @Sugurain
      @Sugurain 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      His plane was approximately 39Km (24miles) away from ground zero, when the bomb detonated.
      As he kept flying away from the blast the shock waves reached him at a distance of 115Km (71miles).
      Special lenses were probably used to film the explosion while protecting the film.

  • @georgelackman3374
    @georgelackman3374 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5447

    This was actually extremely interesting due to how well you explained it all. great job.

    • @forresthaggertychannel4301
      @forresthaggertychannel4301  5 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      George Lackman I’m happy you enjoyed it!

    • @JimSting
      @JimSting 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Yes. It's a quality video that explains the topic clearly and concisely with minimal waffle, and includes interesting facts that are little known. Great job!

    • @tobiasbaarda4193
      @tobiasbaarda4193 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Forrest Haggerty your voice was really relaxing and entertaining! Gonna show this to my history class!

    • @gbrll2611
      @gbrll2611 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      1000th Like :D

    • @Thelegend-hi9ly
      @Thelegend-hi9ly 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes

  • @johnster02
    @johnster02 3 ปีที่แล้ว +729

    just for the peeps who don’t get the distance, 530 miles is from new york down the east coast to south carolina. or from L.A to oregon. crazy shit

    • @trollloloololooo
      @trollloloololooo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      What's that in football fields?

    • @johnster02
      @johnster02 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@trollloloololooo miles, dennis. if i was using football fields the distance would be smaller

    • @trollloloololooo
      @trollloloololooo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@johnster02 was a joke, but okay 🤪

    • @johnster02
      @johnster02 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@trollloloololooo your name reminds me of denny’s and i don’t go to that restaurant. thus i am ambivalent to its food quality as i never have it. i am as ambivalent about denny’s as i am about you dennis. i neither like nor dislike you. keep it that way.

    • @trollloloololooo
      @trollloloololooo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@johnster02 I just find it ridiculous to use football fields as a unit of measurement or area when there are actual units for measuring them. Your personal opinion about me is irrelevant for me.

  • @Blockplayer
    @Blockplayer 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Anyone else here after watching Oppenheimer?

  • @TheWoodStroker
    @TheWoodStroker 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ah, the Sixties! JFK, LBJ, The Beatles and Tzar Bomba. Them were the days! Love the work Forrest.

  • @PDShredz
    @PDShredz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2132

    Now that's a lot of damage!

    • @Bugingas
      @Bugingas 6 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      8 Inches of Pure Power lmao, Tzar bomba destroyed your city? Slap on some flex tape

    • @gang_stalker_
      @gang_stalker_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Nah dude, with the Tsar, you need *Flex Seal*

    • @Palladium001
      @Palladium001 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      That bomb has the potential to destroy so many boats...

    • @saicrous6530
      @saicrous6530 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      6ShotCoffeePonee Nah bro, you need FLEX FLOW

    • @chartheredcometaznable2345
      @chartheredcometaznable2345 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *SLAP IT ON WITH THE MIGHT OF ZEUS*

  • @_rynnas
    @_rynnas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +985

    7:35 "It was detonated at about 11 : 32 in the morning soviet union time"
    Ah yes, soviet union time, the best time zone.

    • @vladydady2472
      @vladydady2472 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      there is eleven time zones in russia, ussr had like 14 time zones i believe. Gotta be a little more specific.lol

    • @ehjeieusywyay5165
      @ehjeieusywyay5165 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      It’s not the Soviet Union time zone it’s Our time zone

    • @amatesamaru
      @amatesamaru 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Are you dumb or fucking stupid? The world doesn't go off the same time zones

    • @wermthewerm
      @wermthewerm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ehjeieusywyay5165 stop glorifying the soviet union

    • @user-lp1rb9kg1b
      @user-lp1rb9kg1b 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@wermthewerm what is your problem? My dad, my grandad lived there. They had pretty good life in USSR.

  • @dtvjho
    @dtvjho 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    6:20 Murmansk itself was probably at the edge of the 500 mi range. The worry back then was that detonating anything larger risked a punch-through of the atmosphere

  • @wolfandthevikings6370
    @wolfandthevikings6370 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    really helped

  • @remigiuszdarmach4233
    @remigiuszdarmach4233 3 ปีที่แล้ว +938

    Even when Tsar bomb was detonated mid air, some of the little islands around the coast literally Evaporated. Imagine how big a Crater would be if the bomb would hit the ground.

    • @aiosquadron
      @aiosquadron 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      Air blast gives more destructive power than ground detonation.

    • @AKGFHT
      @AKGFHT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Tsar Bomb detonated in 300meters from the ground but he left the crater
      Cause if tsar bomb was dropped right to thr ground it would be much destructive than before maybe for to 4,5km away or maybe much more

    • @TsunaXZ
      @TsunaXZ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@seraphiquevox Can't see it cleary, what color is it?

    • @JotaroKujo-nj4bx
      @JotaroKujo-nj4bx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Earthquakes of 5.0 went off from mid air detonation, that would literally destroy everything in the region and acrosss continents from the tsunamis and energy traveling through crust
      Those scientists knew they had to detonate it midair or else they would really fuck up and cause an apocalypse, it’s why the pilot could’ve died since they’d have to detonate well before it hits the ground

    • @merlinc.4560
      @merlinc.4560 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      @@JotaroKujo-nj4bx That's not quite true. Detonating the bomb above ground actually amplified its destructive power.
      Had they exploded it directly on the surface, yes, a more visible crater would've been formed, but that's also where a lot of the energy would've been lost. After all, that area was doomed anyways, right? No need to also turn it into a crater.
      On the other hand, detonating it above ground allows for the shockwave that the blast creates to not only travel upwards and to the sides, but downwards as well, where it then actually reflected off the ground to turn into a secondary sideways shockwave, destroying structures on the surface in an even larger area.
      It's a common misconception that an explosion in mid-air would be safer than right on the ground, but don't forget that the energy from the explosion always stays the same, no matter where the blast happens, and it has to go somewhere. And air is not particularly good at blocking it.

  • @GhostboyDE
    @GhostboyDE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1333

    I think this is the first time the TH-cam Algorythm suggested a video that is interesting and contains content i actually enjoyed watching.

    • @proph7543
      @proph7543 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I don't know, I was recommended a very interesting video on petrol station safety. It only took 2 minutes but was very well laid out.

    • @user-tv9pp5nb7g
      @user-tv9pp5nb7g 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      true

    • @thepizzatime3502
      @thepizzatime3502 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Really? I get a lot of good videos recommended

    • @john1rb217
      @john1rb217 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Flip a sphere inside out... Now THAT was a interesting video

    • @rezwittkerchester2055
      @rezwittkerchester2055 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      John 3:16-17 KJV "For God so loved the world,that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

  • @poloplatinum74
    @poloplatinum74 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Incredible breakdown!! Great job using Google maps to explain the distances. It really showed how powerful the Tsar Bomba really was.

  • @l4yo718
    @l4yo718 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Who’s back after the War between Ukraine and Russia?

  • @amire6036
    @amire6036 3 ปีที่แล้ว +513

    This is why Kennedy was scared of the USSR severely.

    • @eub8253
      @eub8253 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah...that man was devoid of sense of humor.

    • @eub8253
      @eub8253 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah..,.,now the bomb is what you are writing on.

    • @f.b.i7817
      @f.b.i7817 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@eub8253 do you have a problem or something ?

    • @mujaahed
      @mujaahed 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think you mean Abraham Lincoln.

    • @srokz2978
      @srokz2978 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@mujaahed the ussr didn’t even exist when Abraham Lincoln was alive

  • @Dogslayer3000
    @Dogslayer3000 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2368

    "Soviet Union time" There were like... 11 time zones

    • @mazdavorot
      @mazdavorot 6 ปีที่แล้ว +263

      Moscow time is a main time. Rest of russian cities is a crap.

    • @spacekraken666
      @spacekraken666 6 ปีที่แล้ว +183

      MOSKAU MOSKAU

    • @igorjuszczuk4855
      @igorjuszczuk4855 6 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      JOHOHOHO

    • @ArthurD
      @ArthurD 6 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Russian people love Jenghis Khan music band

    • @simon_patterson
      @simon_patterson 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Unlike China, where the whole country operates on Beijing time, and you have breakfast at 11am in some other parts of China.

  • @thegreatcodplayer1236
    @thegreatcodplayer1236 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What frightens me the most is that an American spy could have hijacked the plane and dropped it on Moscow thus making the Soviet government blame it on America and then WW3 starts...

  • @yahdood6015
    @yahdood6015 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Imagine shutting your eyes, covering them with your hands and shielding yourself from a burst of light and x-rays so strong that you still see the bones in your fingers.

  • @synnep6239
    @synnep6239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4163

    Pilot actually passed away only at the age of 53 cause of radiation that he received while flying away. He was truly suffering for decades, and nobody knows that. Rest in peace, brother
    Edit: so much ppl in comments wonder who is this pilot, so here is some info about him en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Durnovtsev

    • @zacharycurrier5621
      @zacharycurrier5621 3 ปีที่แล้ว +332

      Wow I heard he got away just in time, I know he got the highest ranking medals for his work. Interesting info

    • @deathracer2705
      @deathracer2705 3 ปีที่แล้ว +288

      @Brad Allen You should never wish ill onto another person, no matter what they have done, it is not your place to judge what happens to them

    • @jacobshepherd3997
      @jacobshepherd3997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +371

      @Brad Allen he was a military pilot. He didn’t have a choice, he had orders to do that mission. The USSR didn’t exactly have a good tract record at the time for treating members of their military who didn’t follow orders. Had he refused the mission he would have likely been tortured

    • @nomissiontodifficult3054
      @nomissiontodifficult3054 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      @Brad Allen stfu please stfu

    • @marisamaknolia2718
      @marisamaknolia2718 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      it's not his fault, he just runs the command given by his boss. learn to STFU fuck head

  • @fyst4413
    @fyst4413 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1621

    It was detonated two and a half miles above ground, yet it turned stone into coal.

    • @BrickedUpBrad
      @BrickedUpBrad 5 ปีที่แล้ว +158

      Scrubby MTB in minecraft it just needs some wood

    • @fl00fydragon
      @fl00fydragon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Glass

    • @mdahsenmirza2536
      @mdahsenmirza2536 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@BrickedUpBrad no. In minecraft, it gives charcoal

    • @E-A-Z-Y
      @E-A-Z-Y 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Oodeezy Deezy so angry

    • @TaunTaunTundra4477
      @TaunTaunTundra4477 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@oodeezydeezy6629 yep you are the most toxic and obnoxious person I have ever seen

  • @PrinceWrigley
    @PrinceWrigley ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You know it’s bad even when even the Soviet Union is like “nah bro this may not be a good idea”

  • @menofnumenor6706
    @menofnumenor6706 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Soviet technology was amazing. I can't believe the plane was able to fly carrying that guy's platinum balls.

  • @meaninglesscog
    @meaninglesscog 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1799

    Don't forget, while there was a pilot on board, there were eight other crew as well. Nine people in total were on that plane. Also, they took off from Oleyna. This bomb was more powerful than ALL of the bombs dropped during WW2, times ten.

    • @AsttoScott
      @AsttoScott 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      10000 x more powerful actually.

    • @EmbeddedWithin
      @EmbeddedWithin ปีที่แล้ว +112

      The plane nosedived because the star bombs was the only counterweight for the pilot’s gigantic balls

    • @Ryan-yi6uu
      @Ryan-yi6uu ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@AsttoScott 100000000x actually

    • @Herbert2892
      @Herbert2892 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000x more powerful.
      It's true, my mom fight in this war in the Angola side! Her name was Mikaku.

    • @EmbeddedWithin
      @EmbeddedWithin ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Herbert2892 hahaha

  • @stanislavnovikov8880
    @stanislavnovikov8880 3 ปีที่แล้ว +983

    My uncle told me a story my grandfather told him. He said he was there at the site going back to the bunker before the explosion. He fell down and went unconscious because the ground is solid rock there. At some point before the blast another soldier spotted him from the bunker and dragged him into a holle in the ground, he didn't die because the shockwave goes parallel to the ground. The man that saved my grandfathers life didn't make it since it was the very moment the shock wave was coming. That mans name was Ernst, he was from a community of germans in Volga region since the times of Catherine the Great (18th century). That is how my uncle got his name, all his life he was buffled why he was named that since we had no germans in our family until grandad told him the story.

  • @gearandoutdoorger.3935
    @gearandoutdoorger.3935 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was just watching a video about the tsar Bomba and where it was dropped. I immediately went to google maps, to see if there was anything like a crater. Then I found your video. Thx mate 👍

    • @forresthaggertychannel4301
      @forresthaggertychannel4301  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you watch my other video about tzar bomb effects in other places I make an adjustment on the location it detonated above ground.

  • @leeanderironside1898
    @leeanderironside1898 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you for sharing that knowledge !

  • @lilsmoothyymanp5679
    @lilsmoothyymanp5679 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1843

    Who else just randomly got this recommended 2 years later?

    • @SmokyChild
      @SmokyChild 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me

    • @N0_N0_N0
      @N0_N0_N0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me xd

    • @matthewreynolds8068
      @matthewreynolds8068 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I searched for nuclear bomb yields on Google though so I wasn't as surprised. Gotta love the algorithm 🙌

    • @-_-8903
      @-_-8903 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Meh

    • @therealsyphen
      @therealsyphen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me

  • @andrejvojvodic3737
    @andrejvojvodic3737 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1242

    Fine youtube.... ill watch it...

    • @jigglyj5894
      @jigglyj5894 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      WHO DARED TO LIKE THIS TO 667 LIKES

    • @Ugh718
      @Ugh718 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jigglyj5894 You dare!?YOU DARE!?

  • @leandrobego154
    @leandrobego154 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Commander to pilot : "you have 50% chance to survive the blast "
    Pilot : "drinks vodka "

  • @medicineman2210
    @medicineman2210 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good work Adam Jensen

  • @SVSXXVW
    @SVSXXVW 4 ปีที่แล้ว +905

    Also one important detail you left out; the efficiency of the bomb was actually reduced by 50%.

    • @gming8225
      @gming8225 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      whaT?

    • @fulanodetal7570
      @fulanodetal7570 3 ปีที่แล้ว +138

      @@gming8225 Yep, the bomb was supposed even more powerful (the russians probably thought "we don't need it to be this destructive")

    • @drnarwhal2888
      @drnarwhal2888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Hol up. They reduced it by wHAT?

    • @fulanodetal7570
      @fulanodetal7570 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      @@drnarwhal2888 by H A L F

    • @drnarwhal2888
      @drnarwhal2888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@fulanodetal7570 HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

  • @pho3n1xftw42
    @pho3n1xftw42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +372

    i came here for the pictures, but this guy explained it to me better than my history teacher would have

    • @idkneo
      @idkneo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/1UV_G5xrEEA/w-d-xo.html

    • @Po1lux
      @Po1lux 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@idkneo cringe

  • @CallMeHelv
    @CallMeHelv ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just learned more with a 8 minute video than a whole year of school

  • @atakemalsemerci
    @atakemalsemerci 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great presentation

  • @mileskratz
    @mileskratz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3474

    When you are Australian and you don’t have a clue what units he is using

    • @samhyde6395
      @samhyde6395 5 ปีที่แล้ว +363

      Now you know how it feels when Americans watch documentaries lol.

    • @sniperammow4865
      @sniperammow4865 5 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      Miles Kratz or from anywhere else but America, miles are stupidly over complicated!

    • @abacaxi4713
      @abacaxi4713 5 ปีที่แล้ว +205

      Imperial sistem is for assholes! METRIC IS MASTER RACE

    • @imokyoureok9201
      @imokyoureok9201 5 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      Rumpel Felt When you are from the USA and have to listen to whiney canadians cry about their superiors to their south.

    • @josiahdurfee8779
      @josiahdurfee8779 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      This is why he put it on a globe

  • @petterlindberg4915
    @petterlindberg4915 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2084

    I live i northern sweden and my university professor told us we can still mesure cesium-137 fallout from The tsar bomb in the most northern part of sweden.

    • @86649277
      @86649277 6 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Pett R is that bad?

    • @petterlindberg4915
      @petterlindberg4915 6 ปีที่แล้ว +438

      nah thats nothing compared to what we got from the chernobyl fallout in middle part of sweden. That year 80% of all the reindeer meat was to contaminated to eat because the raindeers had been eating contaminated moss.Cesium-137 has about 30 years of halflife so it's kind of ok now.

    • @soylentgreenb
      @soylentgreenb 6 ปีที่แล้ว +165

      That's a meaningless statement. Radiation is the easiest thing in the world to measure. We can still measure the decay of carbon-14 in 50 000 year old samples; despite 10 half-lives having past and the source being absolutely piss-weak when the plant or animal was alive to begin with.
      Tsar bomba was about 3% fission and generated little fallout, which spread globally (air bursts generate very little local, early fallout, so Sweden would not have been particularly more affected than e.g. Hawaii). The Cesium-137 is piss easy to measure, but it might be hard to differentiate from all the Cesium-137 already in the atmosphere from hundreds of previous atmospheric tests, but probably you would be able to detect a slight elevation.

    • @Cheva-Pate
      @Cheva-Pate 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Do you have Cesium-137 fall out from hydrogen bomb? I think it is from Chernobyl!

    • @petterlindberg4915
      @petterlindberg4915 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      soylentgreenb yes thats what he meant, there was already a global dose of cesium from all The earlier atomic bomb tests but with this they could mesured increased radiation from that compared to other locations.

  • @aodhanmartinez
    @aodhanmartinez 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just watched Oppenheimer last weekend, hearing and seeing the descriptions of the bomb's area of effect has me feeling nauseated. It is insane how humans can build something that causes so much destruction.

  • @plaguepug2091
    @plaguepug2091 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Girls on a Saturday night: “Time to hang w the girls!!!” 💅😁
    Boys on a Saturday night: “You said the biggest bomb ever?”