In 1962, the U.S. blew up a hydrogen bomb in space that was 100 times more powerful than Hiroshima.
In 1962, the U.S. blew up a hydrogen bomb in space that was 100 times more powerful than Hiroshima. The most powerful weapon ever detonated was the Tsar Bomba, producing a 50,000 kiloton explosion – 3,300 times larger than the one dropped on Hiroshima.