On June 1, 2025, Ukraine’s bold drone attack demolished not just aircraft but also the conventional wisdom that deep rear bases provide sanctum. This attack, comprising 117 unmanned aerial vehicles, ...

La Bomba del Zar fue 1.500 veces más potente que la de Hiroshima y cambió para siempre la historia de la carrera armamentística ...

Thanks to the modification made to the Tu-95 “Bear” bomber, and the sheer weight and size of the Tsar Bomba, there was no way that the weapon would have ever been used against the United States.

Para efectuar el lanzamiento se utilizó un avión TU-95 modificado, mientras que la bomba fue cayendo con un paracaídas, para que la aeronave tuviera tiempo para tomar distancia de la explosión. Cómo ...

La gran explosión Para poder lanzar la bomba fue necesario modificar un bombardero ruso Tupolev Tu-95 porque no había avión convencional capaz de cargarla.

The Tu-95 Bear was introduced in 1956, and it would go on to influence the Tu-142 Bear. It was introduced in 1956 and is one of the longest serving aircraft in the Russian military with 47 ...

The Tu-95 Bear was introduced in 1956, and it would go on to influence the Tu-142 Bear. It was introduced in 1956 and is one of the longest serving aircraft in the Russian military with 47 ...

The Tsar Bomba is fitted with a parachute that allows the bomb-dropping Tu-95 more time to evacuate to the safe zone of the explosion. In addition, it seems that the deceleration parachute weighed ...

Weighing nearly 60,000 lbs. with a length of 26 feet and 6.9 feet in diameter, the standard version of the Tu-95 couldn't carry the Tsar Bomba and had to undergo a few modifications.

The airframe family has spawned over a dozen variants, one of which dropped the thermonuclear "Tsar Bomba"—the most powerful nuclear weapon ever tested—in 1961.