The Real Mother of All Bombs, 46 Years Ago

The Real Mother of All Bombs, 46 Years Ago 526

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @02:30AM from the things-that-go-boom dept.

vaporland writes "Tsar Bomba is the Western name for the RDS-220, the largest, most powerful weapon ever detonated. The bomb was tested on October 30, 1961, in an archipelago in the Arctic Sea. Developed by the Soviet Union, the bomb had a yield of about 50 megatons. Its detonation released energy equivalent to approximately 1% of the power output of the Sun for 39 nanoseconds of its detonation. The device was scaled down from its original design of 100 megatons to reduce the resulting nuclear fallout. The Tsar Bomba qualifies as the single most powerful device ever utilized throughout the history of humanity."

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FR1ST PS0T (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @02:34AM (#21180391)

MOD PARENT DOWN!

Re:YEEEES! (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @02:41AM (#21180429)

To drop on the Whitehouse, the Pentagon, and your house, I assume?

Nah. (Score:4, Funny)

by Shadow Wrought ( 586631 ) * writes: <shadow.wrought@g ... minus herbivore> on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @02:49AM (#21180463) Homepage Journal

Vista's still a bigger bomb.

Color, odor and flavor (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @02:53AM (#21180489)

Penis mightier.

Re:Pedantry: ENGAGED (Score:5, Funny)

by ZombieRoboNinja ( 905329 ) writes: on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @02:57AM (#21180509)

Sure it is. "A device whereby hydrogen is converted through fusion reactions to helium for the purpose of releasing energy." Didn't you read IBM's patent application?

My wife respectfully disagrees (Score:2, Funny)

by ChePibe ( 882378 ) writes: on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @03:13AM (#21180599)

"The Tsar Bomba qualifies as the single most powerful device ever utilized throughout the history of humanity."

I believe my wife would argue that the cheap freezer chili burritos occasionally eaten by her husband would easily defeat any such device.

And I'm pretty sure the cats agree, too... how my wife puts up with me, I shall never understand.

Re:I respectfully disagree... (Score:5, Funny)

by JonathanR ( 852748 ) writes: on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @03:21AM (#21180633)

Yeah. Think of all those forests laid waste to accommodate your bloody writing implement.

Re:Nah. (Score:5, Funny)

by FredDC ( 1048502 ) writes: on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @03:33AM (#21180667)

Could be, but it's never been used!

Somebody (Score:4, Funny)

by antifoidulus ( 807088 ) writes: on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @03:39AM (#21180683) Homepage Journal

set up us the Tsara Bomba!

Remember.. (Score:2, Funny)

by DriftingDutchman ( 703460 ) writes: on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @03:56AM (#21180757)

Don't try this at home, kids..

Re:This is kinda old... (Score:4, Funny)

by NIckGorton ( 974753 ) writes: on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @04:20AM (#21180833)

As is my age, however I celebrate birthdays once annually. Have a look at the date the thing was detonated.

Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear big-effing-stupid-violent-explody-thingy. Happy birthday to you!

And I suspect Digg and /. might actually have repeat articles in another year.

Re:I respectfully disagree... (Score:5, Funny)

by DarkShadeChaos ( 954173 ) writes: on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @04:20AM (#21180835)

You're selling Penis Mightier? ... you're sitting on a goldmine Trebek!

Re:I respectfully disagree... (Score:3, Funny)

by AVee ( 557523 ) writes: <slashdotNO@SPAMavee.org> on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @04:49AM (#21180953) Homepage

So... which is more powerful, the pen, or religion?
Well, there are some known cases of religious organisations are spreading pens...

Re:I respectfully disagree... (Score:5, Funny)

by Mr2cents ( 323101 ) writes: on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @05:06AM (#21181011)

alright - i'll take the nuke & you take the pen. we'll see who wins.
I suspect that you'll see the flaw in your plan by the time I'm banging your head against the wall to see if I can get that pen any further up your nose..

Re:Would it fit in a shipping container? (Score:3, Funny)

by freedom_india ( 780002 ) writes: on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @05:10AM (#21181017) Homepage Journal

This is the Secret Service. Your location has been mapped and the new AG has been informed to issue a warantless tap on yourself, landline, mobile, home, work.
Meanwhile Gitmo has a warm seat being prepared for your arrival.
The dogs there have not been biting anyone ever since the congress started questioning the poor canines.

Re:I respectfully disagree... (Score:5, Funny)

by Yetihehe ( 971185 ) writes: on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @05:24AM (#21181055)

I also believe "The pen is mightier than the sword"
Obligatory quote from Terry Pratchett: *Only when sword is very dull and pen is very sharp.

Re:I respectfully disagree... (Score:2, Funny)

by JustOK ( 667959 ) writes: on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @06:45AM (#21181481) Journal

No no, its a term for people who follow BarBar.

Re:I respectfully disagree... (Score:4, Funny)

by rucs_hack ( 784150 ) writes: on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @08:06AM (#21181913)

The Aqueducts?

Re:I respectfully disagree... (Score:5, Funny)

by Atzanteol ( 99067 ) writes: on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @08:55AM (#21182391) Homepage

ancient, loving Earth
Tough love....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina [wikipedia.org]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakatoa [wikipedia.org]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeii [wikipedia.org]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake [wikipedia.org]
etc. etc.

Hey Nancy boy, maybe the Earth is trying to tell you to man-up?

Re:I respectfully disagree... (Score:5, Funny)

by AbbyNormal ( 216235 ) writes: on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @09:19AM (#21182723) Homepage

True, but if Tsar Bomba makes a man's country turn into glass, I think we could notch that as a win for the bomb.

Re:Cool toy, but useless as a weapon (Score:3, Funny)

by LynnwoodRooster ( 966895 ) writes: on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @09:34AM (#21182877) Journal

Yeah, their's was a bit bigger, but ended up being a one-shot wonder...

Re:I respectfully disagree... (Score:3, Funny)

by Shakrai ( 717556 ) * writes: on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @09:45AM (#21183023) Journal

Just as difficult as it is to accept the idea of a magical invisible man who knows everything.

His name is Albus Dumbledore.

*duck*

Re:thanks (Score:3, Funny)

by Fear the Clam ( 230933 ) writes: on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @11:40AM (#21184505)

And as for avoiding detection, Boomers have gotten rather good at that over the last 50 years.

But the sounds of The Big Chill soundtrack always give them away in the end.

Re:I respectfully disagree... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @12:36PM (#21185279)

"Blah Blah Blah Life force blah blah blah"
Are you fucking retarded. There is no such thing as life force. It's made up. It's completely bullshit.
People like you are the cancer killing slashdot.
Kill yourself now.

Re:I respectfully disagree... (Score:2, Funny)

by iocat ( 572367 ) writes: on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @04:49PM (#21188593) Homepage Journal

This doesn't excuse everything he did, but it's better then nothing.
I don't know, I remain uncertain about Heisenberg priciples.

Re:I respectfully disagree... (Score:2, Funny)

by Tablizer ( 95088 ) writes: on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @06:22PM (#21189739) Journal

The bigger problem was that an impurity in graphite during research caused German scientists to miscalculate the amount of uranium needed to...

So the *pencil* is mightier than the bomb, not pen.

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FR1ST PS0T (Score:0, Funny)

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Nah. (Score:4, Funny)

Color, odor and flavor (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Pedantry: ENGAGED (Score:5, Funny)

My wife respectfully disagrees (Score:2, Funny)

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Somebody (Score:4, Funny)

Remember.. (Score:2, Funny)

Re:This is kinda old... (Score:4, Funny)

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Re:Cool toy, but useless as a weapon (Score:3, Funny)

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