RDS-37 Soviet hydrogen bomb test (1955)

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On 22 November 1955, the Soviet Union conducted its first hydrogen bomb test, code-named RDS-37, at the Semipalatinsk Test Site. The RDS-37 was dropped from a Tupolev Tu-16 bomber and detonated at an altitude of 1550 m with a yield of 1.6 Megatons.

[@Dominion69420]

Fun fact: The parachute on the bomb was to give the bomber crew the best chance of escaping the blast, and even then they barely escaped

[@a.w.1906]

RDS37 was not!! the Tsar Bomb. It had only 1,6 MT ! Escaping this blast was no problem. The ~57MT of the Tsar Bomb were much stronger.

[@Dominion69420]

@@a.w.1906I did mistake it for Tsar bomba but the part about the parachute being used to give the aircraft enough time to leave is still true although in this case it was much easier

[@a.w.1906]

@@Dominion69420 Yes, thats right. 👍

[@alrightythen1466]

@@Dominion69420 I believe they had the same issue when bombing Japan. Concerned that they wouldn’t outrun the blast

[@acp865]

@A. W. Ha ha why all the exclamation marks? No need to get upset, go take your medicine, and double it

[@Brhx-yx3im]

Rare footage of California gender reveal

[@HunterBidensHandgun]

Good one lmao

[@blackpigeon4743]

Lamo

[@RKroese]

California, Russia... yes.

[@RKroese]

Rare footage of Soviet gender reveal

[@zignik2213]

@@RKroese California

[@kill3rbamb146]

My god.. that last scene is the scariest setting i have ever seen in my life. This is real ..

[@lumated2854]

Yes it's real

[@matheusvieira9736]

For real, this is what the beginning of a nuclear winter would look like

[@user-yw5uc8xd1j]

​@@matheusvieira9736but during a nuclear winter the sky will be 1000 times darker than in the video

[@sandydiller4828]

God doesn’t live here anymore

[@Chicagoguy12]

It almost looks like the screen turned black and white

[@evandunkley292]

I’m both in awe and total shock over this. It’s an amazing piece of engineering but the sheer devastation and loss of life would be catastrophic. The fact we felt the need to create such weapons is sad as hell.

[@fahadjalil7083]

Definitely 😢.... It will bring nothing but Pain and Suffering

[@Gato303co]

Do you want to feel sadder? Check in Wikipedia what a MIRV is, how it works, when I did it, it was one of those moments I lost faith in humanity 😞

[@SirSpinalColumn]

It could be argued that the existence of nuclear weapons kept the Cold War from escalating into a full blown war. Neither country was prepared to inadvertently bring an end to the human race. You have to find the line before you know if you’re willing cross it.

[@therealenlightenedone]

It isnt sad that we felt the need to create such weapons, whats really sad is the motivation behind creating such weapons was to use it against ourselves. It would have been a whole different story if all of humanity came together to build such weapons to protect ourselves not destroy ourselves.

[@belgianfried]

This is saving lives. It's saving people from itself

[@sgr7155]

In Soviet Russia, the soldiers watch nuclear bomb test sitting on a bench with full on sunglasses like they are watching a solar eclipse.

[@stanleyrusso137]

Dont worry, America watched Davey Crockett on the regular

[@aaronsmith1676]

In America the president watches solar eclipses without protective glasses.

[@therapist6328]

@@Graf_Grubbelbart I was gonna say the same thing, but now I read all of the replies first. Well said. Not a nuke.

[@CitizenShrek]

From a distance of 70 km

[@wiretamer5710]

How can you NOT know, the US did the same thing??????

[@clarino2]

That’s what 65 year old technology was like. Just imagine how much these have “improved” over the years.

[@gopukrishna521]

I was thinking the same.

[@spakentruth]

Instead of one big bomb you have multiple smaller warheads that probably have a similar payload to the one in the video falling on separate targets simultaneously.

[@Fe7Ace]

Certainly a lot of improvements to the systems of delivering these things. They're all ICBMs now. Dunno if anyone is motivated to keep making the explosions bigger. Almost would be making more sense to make them smaller to spread the plutonium across more warheads. That could hit more intentional targets. USA hitting a big Japanese city with a nuke was very effective when it was one-sided. In a conflict where both sides have nuke I wonder if they still just bomb cities.. Not like the other side would give up over that, they would just do the exact same thing in return. Mass elimination of military and industry targets would seem more like the winning move, as much as anyone could "win" after nukes start flying everywhere.

[@rafflesiadeathcscent3507]

@@Fe7Ace there is no winning in war with nukes, only mutual destruction

[@justgamingid8914]

@@rafflesiadeathcscent3507 hahaha noobs, the one who funding them is the winner

[@Deeplycloseted435]

So grateful for things like this being available. This footage was super secret once upon a time. Somebody found it, transferred it, and here we are. What an amazing and terrifying world we live in.

[@randomgaming5332]

it was decasified by russia not leaked.

[@CraigStCyrPlus]

Explain to me how roll film, a notoriously flammable material, can survive a nuclear blast.

[@DougOverYonder]

well if you knew how to read you would've seen that they were 70 kilometers from ground zero. Quit being a schizo and actually use your noggin you fucking goof@@CraigStCyrPlus

[@vEoHsKe]

@@CraigStCyrPluspretty sure it was far af lol.

[@tomdecuca3627]

​@@CraigStCyrPlus look up the production company Lookout Mountain, and a company called E.G.G., they did all the film and camera work on these tests. E.G.G. is still around today using similar methods for different types of analysis. Peter Kuran made a documentary called Atomic Film Makers, which interviewed several of the camera men and how they did these shots. It is all well documented.

[@KalmanBorbely]

RDS-37 is not a Tsar bomba! RDS-37 was the Soviet Union's first two-stage hydrogen bomb, first tested on 22 November 1955. The weapon had a nominal yield of approximately 3 megatons. It was scaled down to 1.6 megatons for the live test. The weapon was air-dropped at Semipalatinsk Test Site, Kazakhstan, making it the first air-dropped two-stage thermonuclear test.

[@Robsay01]

Thank you. Many will still think otherwise.

[@bastulwhite6842]

Two stage = not counting the conventional explosives used for the Implosion Fission Weapon?

[@eliotkuo3640]

Rds 37 is not ussr first h bomb. Rds 6 is

[@bsadewitz]

​@@bastulwhite6842Yes

[@zfreeform7900]

@@bastulwhite6842 yes two stage, fission -> fusion. not sure if there was a u238 tamper on this one

[@muzaffermahoni6828]

The atmosphere at the end of the video is more terrifying than any horror movie.

[@666ruhwtf]

jesus i agree

[@eckoekco251]

Nope. It's beautiful.

[@kanolemaster]

Agreed

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

That's what you'd see for weeks after a nuclear war.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@eckoekco251

[@davidandcookie7648]

I listened to soldiers talk about how bright the flash really was from test detonations. They said, even with their eyes closed and their hands covering their eyes, they could still see the light through their flesh. They could see the bones in their hands through their closed eyelids, and it was STILL too bright.

[@plus_2853]

That's just horrific

[@chrisjohnson3967]

Wild

[@kmspop1]

So nobody actually saw anything...

[@chrisjohnson3967]

@@kmspop1 Lmao, I guess you're right haha.

[@catey62]

what about the atomic tests the British carried out, in the outback of South Australia in the 50's? one of their experiments they needed volunteers for, was to have a pilot to fly a Canberra bomber jet directly through the middle of the mushroom cloud just after it formed, and collect samples of it in wingtip canisters fitted to it for the task.

[@livingthehardlife]

The last shot with a giant black cloud covering almost 100% of the sky is the most beautiful and at the same time terrifying piece of footage i've ever seen.

[@Sektion_7]

Schön???? Das sieht unnatürlich und scheußlich aus….

[@wertyks508]

And nuclear winter sound

[@TheWtcBros1969]

Tornado

[@alikhawar520]

Those three men were not the only ones in the frame. There were a few more people if you look closely. And a dog ran from right to left just when the men fell down.

[@theromanempire9236]

*TO SHOW THE POWER OF FLEX TAPE* *I BROKE THIS ATOM IN HALF*

[@noname.___]

LMAOO YEEEEEEESSSS

[@johnwills1748]

This is it chief

[@ognjenivanovic7871]

*explosion*

[@Zack-et9wj]

*TO SHOW THE POWER OF FLEX TAPE* *I BROKE THE EARTH IN HALF*

[@shitwalkerog1776]

Oh no you didnt!? Did you?😂😂😂

[@msgn1132]

0:35 - 1:00 Speech: 'We observed it from the distance of 70 kilometres; some people were located closer. One soldier, who was in the trench, had been covered by the sand, and one soldier had died, In the village nearby, all the residents were evacuated from buildings...(speech cuts off)' 1:30 - 2:08 'This is how the blast looked from the city of Kurchatov, centre of the Semipalatinsk testing site. The blinding flash and the shockwave shaked the city. All the windows in the building were broken. These are shots from the video, which were recorded as demonstration for the leaders of the county. Text, obviously, voiced by Levitan (famous soviet narrator and newscaster). Lets go back to the town of the testing site. The shockwave will get here at the moment. Do you see a group of people on the road? Being far from the blast, they fell calm. But they will have to pay for such complacency.'

[@tametz]

"But they will have to pay for such complacency." What the real fuck??

[@masterchief5603]

Thanks man 👍

[@msgn1132]

@@tametz sorry, I couldn't pick a better word to translate as close as I can. There is some old literature word which is hard to translate. Pay for something like 'calm overconfidence and not giving a fuck'. If you mean how is it fit in the movie, my guess it's just staged to simulate 'unsuspecting people reaction to the blast', and narrator is playing along.

[@eigelgregossweisse9563]

It's basically saying that these people will be dead because they think they're safe. The shockwave will affect these people from the radius.

[@relativistictilsiter6060]

молодец

[@fromagetarkovian9393]

the 4 seconds of darkness at the end gave me chill 😵‍💫

[@Space_OdJobs]

The end shot of that giant overcast cloud was just absolutely terrifying

[@larsheihei3683]

Yeah, that would the biggest problem if many goes of. Nuclear winter.

[@alexrastall1868]

Was it the mushroom??

[@haziqhakim5995]

Kinda looks like a lamp.

[@ThePrecipice66]

That last scene with the howling wind and the great dark cloud overhead was truly chilling to behold. Like a storm but entirely man made.

[@thisizavian3691]

It's literally a manmade natural disaster.

[@mitseraffej5812]

And now Putin is intimating that if the world doesn’t let him have Ukraine he will use them. ( Nuclear weapons)

[@Clos93]

@@user-es6ij4rg4i most of us here in America are opposed to getting involved in that messy situation to begin with. If Putin wants Ukraine, let him have it... Just more talented scientists and other professionals for us when they flee! We know they ain't moving there... 🤣🤣🤣

[@al_.x_4599]

glad i'm not the only one who knows we're all gonna die. It's just a matter of weeks i'd say

[@denisepleines1513]

@@al_.x_4599 if Russia unleashes, its curtains for almost everyone

[@josephcola9662]

Fun Fact: The Mushroom Cloud from the Tsar Bomba was taller than Mount Everest, and shattered windows all the way in Norway. The bomb was also HALF the yield that the Soviets originally wanted to use. Edit because I keep getting notifications from people trying to correct me: I'm well aware that the bomb depicted in this particular video is *not* the Tsar Bomba; my original comment was made so that I could share information about the highest yield nuclear device ever detonated by humanity (as of the date of this edit) to people who were unaware of said information. I did so because I wanted to spark interest in the subject, hoping people would research the subject, because I personally believe that people should be aware the destructive capabilities of weapons capable of causing the extinction of our species. Also, I'm a bit of a history nerd and just wanted to share it because to me personally, reading about the history of two superpowers competing to see who can make the biggest explosion as part of a wider dxxx-measuring contest is interesting.

[@hat_kid6224]

Holy bomb

[@gabiferreira6864]

@Kotomine Berndrewd he knows, just talking about biggest bomb ever. спасибо, друг

[@calebh7902]

The mushroom cloud from Nagasaki was taller than everest too

[@jameslong9921]

Im having more "fun" already.

[@vincent5813]

@@calebh7902 and?

[@os2w4rp]

1:10 this is the town Kurchatov located in Kazakhstan. The camera is most likely mounted on the roof of the town administration building. The camera is facing southwest, looking over the town square and the Kurchatov monument. The explosion happens ~66.4km away in Utebay at the Semipalatinsk Test Site, aka the Polygon.

[@voyagerintotheunknown]

So the sound of the blast wave must have taken over 3 minutes to reach the town!

[@Kapsyloffer]

Why was this recommended? Is youtube trying to warn me?

[@jamesp13152]

I have no idea why they wanted me to watch this either. Looked cool... If it was on another planet.

[@mohamedumar3082]

same here .....tbh I'm a bit scared.

[@grimey5.565]

I was just thinking the same thing?

[@davidthomas9190]

CrilleMega what the hell ! If you hadn't said that I wouldn't have realised I'd been directly led here by KZbin. I'm that used to clicking on random videos, I now realise how easy it is for a site to influence your mood and mind set by slipping certain videos into your recommendations. that fucking scarey when you think of the viewing numbers for a site like this.

[@LauftFafa]

same dude same :'( ! i think that rokefeller and rushchild have decided to depopulate the planete after all

[@markmiller6402]

It always amazed me that the cameras recording the events, survived the blasts, and subsequent shock waves.

[@KomradeCPU]

they put them inside reinforced thin podiums with thick glass; you can see some in those footage of buildings getting destroyed with the blast and only those posts staying up.

[@SpasticSpelunker]

Who said there wasn’t cameras that’s didn’t survive? The Soviet Union has its ways

[@jashanbadoga4851]

you think they just left their cameras on tripod stand alone😂 lol

[@markmiller6402]

@@KomradeCPU and they survived a nuclear blast? 😂

[@KomradeCPU]

@@markmiller6402 the footage is far enough from the area where things are completely vaporized; you seem to be in disbelief that atomic weapons exists, and that humans can build something that can stand that shockwave, last answer from me.

[@johnbeckwith1361]

Its amazing how much energy is contained inside a few atoms.

[@anonydun82fgoog35]

The mass of an atom is teenie tiny itty bitty small, but then you multiply it by the speed of light and if that alone wasn't enough - the speed of light SQUARED.... then tell yourself it's not just one atom, 238g of Uranium has 6.022 x 10 ^23rd atoms.... we are only seeing the smallest fraction of the reaction because there's no way to keep the core together for long enough before it just turns to gas and diffuses away.

[@kzm-cb5mr]

"Now they're going to pay the price for their complacency." That's cold.

[@BOT-tb6sk]

This 1955 video quality is way better than most of the crappy video quality people post on KZbin in 2018.

[@napalmnathan9163]

BOT 007 the Russians were better at doctoring film than nasa today.

[@mikefrazier8409]

BOT 007 ,, yeah , look we have video of Bigfoot and loch ness , and its worse than 1880 pics of alien space craft , and we have auto focus , 8 billion mega pixels , im believing we live in a lie..

[@charlesthebuffkangaroo6104]

Mike Frazier super true

[@mikefrazier8409]

yeah,, if there's a picture or video taken in this day and age and its not clear or clear in about 1/2 second while video ,,ITS FAKE

[@yanchy]

Ha ha... 100% true 😂 👍

[@adrianreimer1419]

"Hairspray destroys the atmosphere" meanwhile Governments...

[@marquesjr.5796]

Hess ist hier

[@amanwhocareaboutfeels2591]

Di u mean CFC destroy atmosphere meanwhime the goverment.

[@juliap.5375]

It was propaganda of Gore, former US vice president, he owned chemical company with alternate proposals, so to remove competitors, he launched this fake (as we 100% know nowadays) propaganda about treaty of refrigerators/hairsprays/etc which create so-called ‘ozone hole’. He just made billions on that.

[@kv4648]

I mean due to the combined efforts of governments the ozone hole is on it's way to recovery.

[@justinhearst]

@@juliap.5375 hate to break it to you, but what he was saying wasn't some conspiracy. He was actually right.

[@atomicjoc3771]

RDS 37 was NOT the Tsar Bomba, just the first Soviet H bomb. This bomb was "only" 1.6 Megatons.

[@user-lv7ph7hs7l]

You can tell them apart easily, Tsar is towards the right of the frame, the camera aim was a little off, RDS 37 is in the middle. Otherwise they do look quite similar, though one was much bigger. Probably has to do with the atmospheric conditions in the test area, they make it look way more terrifying than the dry desert air in US tests. All that humidity in the air makes the spectacular clouds.

[@kidwholikestoworkout2905]

It’s crazy how nuclear weapons are an actual thing. Truly terrifying that you have to know something of extreme power that can level a city exists

[@joshuadennis266]

What's crazy is human beings made the first one and though yes let's make 75 plus thousand

[@OfficialUSKRprogram]

I think what's terrifying is how we went from that level of power, to today, where there's barely 400 ICBMs active in the US, and barely 300 in Russia, and each of those got nerfed to the point where even if every country in the world launched their nukes, there would still be enough resources and anger to keep the war going for decades. These explosions from the 1960's are in megatons, nukes today are in kilotons, this is NOT an achievement, the whole point of MAD was that a nuclear war was unwinnable, well now all ICBMs are basically long range tactical weapons, we no longer have the power to level cities, and that's something to be afraid of, because now more than ever, nuclear war is winnable, and it shouldn't be.

[@drippinjoe4433]

Thanks Obama

[@wadnarancs00]

EVEN THE FOUNDER OF THE BOMB told that this weapon should never been invented. It was made for killing german nationalists na#zi But they defeated them without it..

[@rajvirsangha6430]

Yaaa like use this weapon in medieval times, and people will think God is angry with them., like crazy how much we have evolved.

[@mikeg6991]

It would be so embarrassing to miss your target with one of these.

[@vincentvango5338]

It's impossible to miss your target with that bomb... Because it's been affecting us all since 1955.

[@givemefreespeechyoutubehitlers]

@@vincentvango5338 awh muffin

[@SlashinatorZ]

Sounds like Dragonball z

[@ironwolf2386]

@Michael Bigdongovic the only nukes we've dropped were on japan (not counting ocean testing). So I have no idea what nonsense you're going on about.

[@PrimeKilla]

@@ironwolf2386 he’s smoking that crack.

[@TheoneGodfather]

The last bit of footage from that town is some of my favorite nuclear bomb footage ever.

[@hunting69doehle62]

At a distance of 70 km it takes a whole three minutes before the sound of this explosion even reaches you.

[@martinverbeek8862]

No worries, iv been told its about 3.6 rountgen

[@maus2428]

CHERNOBYL INTENSIFIES

[@r0yce]

Not great.. Not terrible...

[@martinverbeek8862]

@@r0ycethey told me its the equivalent of a chest x ray. Move along comrad.

[@OfficialRemBeat]

Pfft... Your delusional. Go to the infirmary.. NOW.

[@jackfahy2283]

Spreading disinformation at a time like this, disgraceful.

[@timwindy7777]

Surreal to watch this and then have a Domino’s ad play immediately after.

[@dantheman3022]

that pizza has some bang !!!!

[@dAeveFellows]

there's these great things called adblockers nowadays.

[@milfordcivic6755]

Both are nuclear waste

[@kid_toucher]

@@milfordcivic6755 ohhhh roasted

[@crisrampante647]

The wonders of the modern era

[@Based_transition_Clocker]

Rear projection was set up pretty nicely on the final scenes with the buildings.

[@Davi_Cyrax]

Pelo tempo que levou para o som chegar na câmera essa bomba estava muito muito distante, e ainda assim tinha essa dimensão enorme, simplesmente inacreditável.

[@judck]

65km. A onda de choque fez um prédio cair matando uma criança.

[@xdbandit6305]

The camera man: 💪

[@user-yf2qx3ki1j]

There's no camera man dummy they leave the camera recording

[@xdbandit6305]

@@user-yf2qx3ki1j I know I’m just making a joke, jeez😅

[@user-yf2qx3ki1j]

@@xdbandit6305 haha ok i forgive you

[@mistapeper1283]

@Snmerr 309 ah reddit end me

[@venusfrag]

@@mistapeper1283 same

[@OneLove-vc2yi]

Just imagine being in the silent plane after you detached the warhead. Just waiting for the blast but also not knowing if you’re gonna escape it. Probably one of the most eerie feeling ever.

[@OgGuak420]

Drones ftw

[@hunormagyar1843]

Silent plane?

[@Hank520Tube]

hence, one reason for the parachute -delay

[@HarryFan110]

Ever been in a plane brah ?

[@Wee_Voo]

Guys they were probably clearly taking about bombers. They fly much higher than normal planes. This hydrogen bomb class is probably too old to have drones existing for testing use of somewhat. "Silent plane" is probably referring to the person who has to sneak into other countries borders under their radars and stuff. Aslo talking about bomber👆 But uh.. They probably could have used drones in this video. Idk.

[@kpopbob8461]

Russia made this not to just show how powerful they can be but show the dangers of that power

[@TrainMan2004]

Scary how you can actually see the shockwave reach that town before the BOOM is heard!!!

[@zeo_crash7984]

Interesting fact, the sound of the blast is synced up in post production. If you were an observer standing where the camera was, you'd hear very little until the blast wave hit around the 1 minute mark. Of course, this would look odd so at some point someone brought the blast sound forward to occur at the same time as the detonation.

[@ZadenZane]

I wish they would use realistic sound. It would actually be more impressive if you saw the flash in utter silence and the noise came later. I once saw a TV mock-up of what actually happens in a nuclear explosion if you're some miles from the hypocentre. There was a burning bright light and people ran around on fire and screaming. The building didn't actually get blown apart until the blast struck more than 10 seconds later. I was about 12 years old when I watched this in the early 80s and it's stuck in my head ever since.

[@inkyguy]

@@ZadenZane, I agree, but this was made for a Soviet audience and I’m not sure the average Soviet citizen would have understood that delay between explosion and sound, which according to Sakharov took 90 seconds to reach him 20 miles away.

[@1laforees829]

😅

[@casanovafrankenstein8538]

Shouldn't that be a "fun fact"?

[@marcusjohnson7441]

Well, the last clip from the city area shows just this. Silence until the blast hits, leaving people falling in the streets.

[@OneHellOfASandwich]

That town in front of the explosion is the most hellish looking footage I’ve ever seen. 1950s-60s Soviet Union must have been a trip of a place to live in. Everything looks like that AND nukes are going off in the distance? Hell.

[@mnemonicpie]

🤡

[@OneHellOfASandwich]

@@mnemonicpie get a girlfriend

[@OneHellOfASandwich]

@@RadikatMLG go get a girlfriend

[@mnemonicpie]

@@OneHellOfASandwich I am a Muslim and have 4 wives and they all are underage, alhamdulilah

[@OneHellOfASandwich]

@@mnemonicpie cool dude have fun at the next party you go to…

[@hussainkonz]

This was in 1955 imagine what they have nowadays...

[@PanaSonyc]

I can imagine that the whole world could be destroyed with a few bombs today

[@Shinirkrog]

Nah, bigger nuclear bombs are ineffective, from a strategic standpoint of course. But if you want to end humanity on the other hand...

[@nuklobster7592]

This bomb is only about 2 megatons, the soviets also developed the Tsar Bomba, which was 50 megatons, and there's speculation nowadays that the Russian Federation is developing a 100 megaton salted thermonuclear bomb.

[@wOhst]

@@nuklobster7592 The Tsar Bomba was a 100 megaton bomb but only 57 megatons when it was blasted. The scientists had fear that they blew up the planet. [edited]

[@nachiketsharma4507]

Same shit but bigger

[@MrSpock-ww3qt]

The people on the road 2.13 knocked flat. A hellish weapon, look at the darkness created by the cloud at 2.21.

[@samu832]

Humanity is creating bombs so powerful that we were reaching the point of making pilots suicide to drop a bomb for testing

[@aaronforsythe1038]

“Stop quoting shit I didn’t say” -Albert Einstein

[@Enes-wj5xq]

Well he didn't said that in fact

[@brotherhoodpilot7604]

Ironic

[@cleo5610]

@@Enes-wj5xq wow really?

[@j3rusal3m]

“Ok” -Me

[@shahidkhan-yc3md]

😜😂😂

[@davidcampbell3722]

As a child who grew up in the cold war this was very real and terrifying I hope no one uses these weapons ever again

[@bigskrimp69]

uncle dave?

[@davidcampbell3722]

@@bigskrimp69 don't think I'm your uncle mate 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@randycrocker5908]

David I couldn't agree more, but when you have religious nutcases wanting 72 palaces with a Virgin in each palace?, for one thing I agree with Walter from Jeff Dunham- I would want 72 sluts, now we are talking about party time. KFB ( KA-FU-KIN-BOOM) and I ain't talking about a nuclear bomb....

[@TheM9lta]

Hope too, but all things has its time

[@mondayjulymonday]

It will happen.

[@casonhall5268]

I live close to a major city with a nearby, very important Air Force base. Not close enough to be killed instantly by the blast, but just close enough to have time to look out the window, see the oncoming shockwave, and contemplate my life for a few seconds before my house gets blown a few miles downwind. Delightful stuff.

[@mr.wooozy1619]

lol me too

[@408Magenta]

Thank you Ethyl and Julius.

[@Wonkabar007]

2:10 the doggy say " I'm outta here "

[@boogs6932]

Lol I didn’t saw him until I looked down

[@LEMONGREASY]

That dog is dead

[@Mgaffo222]

I am the Lemon No shit unless you know a dog who is still alive from 1955?

[@HueHanaejistla]

Michael Gaffney Toto from the wizard of oz, he sung Africa

[@Mgaffo222]

HueHanaejistla! Inc. 😮

[@danielholland123456]

Russians had hd cameras back then

[@fenot92]

Well that's true if you consider that they were shooting on film, and film "resolution" is very high.

[@jackqiu676]

Facts

[@jasonswaglord1498]

Its FILM. Film hold its quality even after years and years and years. While VHS or digital cameras loose their complete quality in a span of few years. Film isnt just only higher resolution but hold its quality even after years if stored properly. Why do you guess some 1950-40s Hollywood movies are still razor sharp even after 70 years.

[@aeiouaeiou100]

Digital cameras lose their quality? What's that supposed to mean?

[@user-dp7pm3nf1g]

@@fenot92 That's was not only Russians, in the Soviet union was Ukrainians, Russians, Byelorussians and many other nations

[@michaelhowell2541]

Tsar Bomba. I'm reminded of Oppy's words. "I am become death. The destroyer of worlds." Terrifying beauty.😱👍🇺🇸

[@simoli516]

this isnt the tsar bomba

[@ZECLA]

this is a weapon that keeps peace on the planet, if it were not for it, wars would be much more frequent

[@elcucuy13496]

Seeing it behind houses really gives perspective on distance/size/power. Absolutely breathtaking

[@sherryjohnson2152]

absolutely evil and horrific!

[@ItsScapeGoated]

@@sherryjohnson2152 Yeah, but still breathtaking. There's a beauty in its horrific nature.

[@bombomos]

@@sherryjohnson2152 the sun is evil and horrific I suppose? It's the same sequence of events just on a different scale. And how they are used. What's evil isn't the explosion, but the human welding it.

[@raccoonfederation2391]

Scary and beautiful sight to see from a distance. Wish they would test a nuke in space i wonder how would it look.

[@sashimanu]

They did test in space. Didn’t look as spectacular.

[@DiabloDooner6]

wow, why so many people had this video as recommended? don't sure if i fell a bit awkward or scared

[@godless789]

Genter Obama legalised propaganda in 2013. government is just using google to scare us. KZbin belongs to Google.

[@camward9293]

godless 789 Uhhh...evidence?

[@benpo3811]

Cam Ward Research "operation mockingbird" , a version of it was recently passed in legislature

[@TheBatmansbrother]

Genter same lol

[@therealmaxspeedster]

"Operation Mockingbird" began in the early '50's and was officially cancelled in 1983, before "KZbin", or the "Internet" for that matter even existed.

[@josephreilman8527]

Those soldiers at the end just dropped dead instantly from the pressure wave. Didn't even see a flash in that frame

[@romanrussu3403]

they're not dead lol

[@breazfreind402]

they are probably not dead, i doubt the shockwave with 70km radius would reach him

[@javiermachin1]

IF WAR EVER COMES TO THIS, WE ALL DIE, NO MATTER HOW DEEP WE HIDE.

[@rickprobst7555]

Legend has it you can Still hear the sound of the bomb going off

[@jedidiahsnow1788]

general, we have another settlement that needs your help. ill mark it in your map.

[@TreacherousFennec]

Jedidiah Snow hahaha, nice point. I was just thinking about it.

[@codym672]

Jedidiah Snow *quicksave*

[@kristianpahe4639]

Cody Mike *Sleeps for two hours on an owned bed to autosave because playing on survival*

[@mybad.7164]

Jedidiah Snow dude get out of here

[@jedidiahsnow1788]

no need to be like this piper. i mean i know i left you for curie... but.. lets not be like this.

[@stephenwedderburn9307]

Doesn't matter what you think about nukes, it is fascinating to watch the explosion.

[@josiahsuarez5415]

stephen wedderburn Blissful yet terrifying. There’s beauty in destruction.

[@stephenwedderburn9307]

@@josiahsuarez5415 especially in super slow motion. But that bomb the Russians exploded gives you pause for thought, when you see the religious or political fanatism that's about and one of these people get their hands on a bomb! 😬😬😬😬

[@rasmusruso2239]

Fascinating?! its fucking terrifying

[@Keskinkilicnr1]

....if you sit behind the screen.

[@stephenwedderburn9307]

@@Keskinkilicnr1 yes lol. Don't fancy watching it live 😁

[@ahmedalsharman]

That is impressive blast 👏

[@TheChrisLeone]

That wind at the end is bone chilling

[@BFFsEngineer]

this was 3 megaton, imagine what 50 (tsar bomba) could do

[@ARed0cean]

BFFs Engineer This was not 3 megaton. This bomb test was toned down to 1.6 Megaton. A 3 would of probably blown up something in the atmosphere.

[@system0fadowner251]

ARed0cean tsar bomba was 50 toned down from a 100... Good lord.

[@momololo3223]

What, this is not tsar bomba? FUCK

[@davidnice1]

BFFs Engineer Tsar would be less effective at war for being to strong. They detonated about 2 miles above the atmosphere for Max damage on the ground though it wouldn't of done as much more damage then the ones dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima by Americans. Why is this the bomb is a thousand times more stronger how? It's too powerful and I guess the power that comes out in the Shockwave prevents a lot of the power from flowing down. It blew up and kind of created a safety net or like a fabric of space-time if you will lol! You would have to blow it up much closer to the ground which makes it easily interceptable, but BOY IS IT SWEET TO WATCH AND SEE THE NUMBERS LOL! I like bombs but not on Humanity. Like if China wanted to test one of there New Age thermonuclear bombs that they say will make the Tsar look like a firecracker just like Tsar did the "fat boy" where is safely on Earth if any can we test it lol! No not in the polar caps because we already got too much flooding those polar caps are melting. Too many islands in the mid-pacific but maybe somewhere in the mid Pacific or the southern Atlanta. Dude I paid to watch that shit live on TV what is a statistical readout just DON'T THROW IT ON PEOPLE. Nuclear bombs are just awesome shows of power and proof actual proof of E=MC² what Einstein first said he knew was correct mathematically but was theoretical and would still come to Great use even though you physically wouldn't physically be able to replicate what he (Einstein) knew was the truth. You just couldn't see it like him like he did.

[@DeepFriedBeans23819]

BFFs Engineer 3 of them could level the carribean

[@erictalkington5674]

I'll never stop being impressed by this stuff. It's incredible that people went from fighting wars in trenches with rifles to being able to wipe out entire major metropolitan areas in one fell swoop and from the air no less! Wild. Fuckin wild!

[@sethreign8103]

It's sad

[@dinglesworld]

@@rdns263 No it cool because we can beat the liberals commies

[@andrewluna7652]

I agree .I can't wait until they drop a few in America 😍

[@dinglesworld]

@@andrewluna7652 yes pleas 💯🇺🇸 we like bomb explosion a lot even if we die because liberals bad 😹😹‼️‼️

[@MinimumsAviation]

And it's kinda wierd how this stuff can ironically stop and even prevent wars and conflicts from even starting

[@randomgetrankehalter4909]

dont get me wrong, but this footage is BEAUTIFUL

[@riza2679]

This is more terrifying than oppenheimer movie

[@vedantdesai1]

That was a fission bomb. Nothing in comparison. The bomb tested in 1945 was a few kilotons. The tsar Bomba was 50 megatons. That’s thousands of times more devastating

[@Daniel-ss2ie]

Indiana jones survived one of these.

[@viktorjonsson26]

Daniel yes, I always feeling safe in the kitchen after watching that:)

[@ak7wyf]

We all have unless you were near enough?

[@crispychildmarissa9579]

Daniel 😂😂😂im gonna hide in the fridge now.........

[@veerchasm1]

I survived the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

[@MichaelSHartman]

Daniel .... until he suffocated. I have not seen or heard of this before. Sounds like a half-baked Hollywood idea. More than one film company has had a scientific consultant to ignore. Why let facts get in the way. Unfortunately, people tend to believe the scene, so the film industry does us a disservice.

[@mitchcm]

The ominous dark cloud and wind starting at 2:20 was very chilling, almost evil.

[@lowkey4240]

That was horrific Hellish Environment 😨🥶 this bomb has ability to make hell on earth

[@xianiaa9939]

Russian nuclear is insane unbalanced

[@believer431]

After a full scale nuclear war, the world will be exactly like this for at least 10 years. Smoke, soot and Ash will be enveloped in the atmosphere

[@nighteatingyou]

It is...

[@langelle1]

Basically, the equivalent of a volcanic eruption.

[@mapsinanutshell]

Wow, Oppenheimer was so good they made a real life version of it

[@feth7747]

Germans invention

[@Yuli_Ban]

I love how it seems like even a hydrogen bomb can't penetrate through the Orwellian gloominess.

[@yodavanckart]

"Look at these men standing on the road, they feel safe because they are far from ground zero, now they are going to pay for they complacency.." Jesus, i hope this guy is resting in peace

[@quelodequelo]

They survived and their nephews are anti-vaxxers

[@logicplague2077]

@@quelodequelo oh ffs...

[@Tommyg-rq6lj]

@noel meghal a shockwave can easly kill a human being

[@yodavanckart]

@noel meghal i mean the narrator

[@netyimeni169]

@@yodavanckart Narrator just reading script that other people gave him. And as a russian I can confirm he's good at his job.

[@chava8650]

Footage of me taking a dump after a long day of school (1934, colorized)

[@wiizvrdd]

Die Squidwards Thts one of the greatest feelings ever

[@ollijokinen1571]

Die Squidwards Great grammar!

[@chava8650]

Olli Jokinen im german sry

[@blueodin0946]

Die Squidwards I can relate

[@blueodin0946]

Die Squidwards 😂

[@giruse]

Translation: Every body in the range of 70km was in in a danger zone. One soldier was covered in sand and another had died.

[@stickermigtigger]

Given the caliber of diplomats and politicians we have in Washington today we could easily witness events like this all over the world, like, maybe next week. 🙂

[@PopulismIsForBottomFeeders]

Stop watching Fox and you'll stop jumping at your shadow, bud.

[@northernvigilant4203]

KZbin jut recommended this to me, weird.

[@dougohboy5190]

same, maybe everyone gets a reminder ...

[@Flyinginthebluedream]

Northern Vigilant scary

[@insomthegreat]

Do you watch Joe rogan ?

[@zaebamarama]

Northern Vigilant maybe you or your mom vote hillary?

[@Madrugazevedo]

insomthegreat i did.

[@jonap1st]

02:10 you can notice the shockwave in horizon coming fast toward the screen and knockdown 3 people on the middle of that street..

[@someguyfromfinland4239]

jonap1st i think those were dummies dressed as humans for testing purposes

[@jonap1st]

dummies cannot moving by itself for sure..

[@someguyfromfinland4239]

jonap1st yes they can trust me ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@derp7836]

a dog ran by there to. I know that wasn't a dummy

[@Vicmor0]

No dummies. Dictor says that they are real people.

[@SamaelVR]

“All forms of life die now as humans all succumb. Time to kiss your ass goodbye, the end has just begun.” -Megadeth

[@rcknrol7258]

A mouse never built a mousetrap

[@legitscoper3259]

The parachute was added to give the pilots a chance to survive

[@dctr_wngz9113]

LegitScoper there are 50% chance the pilots will survive

[@joshuadeacon2283]

So a suicide mission, so smart

[@legitscoper3259]

@@joshuadeacon2283 Jep, maybe suicidal people, or just enough money

[@GokuBlack-oz2cr]

But the saddest part is he didn't survive

[@xxezioxxGamer]

@@GokuBlack-oz2cr how do you know that?

[@speedpower1558]

When it comes to killing the human creativity truly knows no limits

[@robertdixon3592]

Oh yeah. there is none!

[@tokio4816]

@@pimuce ayo wtf

[@ala4362]

What you meant to say was *when it comes to science and curiousity* Right?

[@speedpower1558]

@Kilo Byte there is just one downside to it. Eventually it will destroy all life on earth. Before the first world war there was also a policy quite similar to the MAD policy. Two enormous armies were to act as each others deterrent so there would never be a war..

[@felissylvestris6557]

@@pimuce What. The fuck.

[@untouchable360x]

Not a bomb. It's a "special military device."

[@oxirae]

Glorious.

[@Tubeman244]

Statement: Ahh the innocent days when we played around with exploding nukes as if they were firecrackers master.

[@hamzamahmood9565]

Merry Christmas!

[@harukuroma376]

We still do

[@slickrick5811]

This is not a product of African thonking...also the historical Carbon footprint of Africa..is relatively non-existent....good for Africa...or bad...time will tell

[@Max-zq4dx]

@@slickrick5811 Africa contributes to alt of pollution I think, at least plastic pollution.

[@antoniocazares5418]

Lol, i'm playing this game right now

[@jcruz2357]

Someone get the power armor suit , those deathclaws are on the loose again.

[@michaels3063]

Clemens S. You must be joking!

[@michaels3063]

Clemens S. Yes; but its half-life is still the major problem.

[@maxmustermann4149]

Jared Cruz "Power Armor is for pussies!"... ;D

[@mikesmith8656]

Jared Cruz Winterized T-51B and my A321 Plasma Rifle will di the trick.

[@edgarbanuelos6472]

Jared Cruz - Bingle Bangle Bongle, I don't wanna leave the Congo, oh no, no, no, no, no.

[@ek6648]

With this on new years eve, you are the boss of the street dor one time

[@deusvult7947]

Beautiful.

[@AloisAgos]

KZbin algorithm has a cruel sense of humor recommending this now...

[@exitiumdominus]

Funny humor

[@dr.jamesolack8504]

Was thinking the same thing @Gaile Oxstain.

[@sjaaktrekhaak253]

Notice any Russians conveniently retreating from Kyiv?

[@thornyturtleranch6152]

Supposed to happen April 4th. I had a bad dream last night about nuclear war trying to avoid radiation.

[@itin4265]

Well this was nearly 65 years ago. Who knows what they have now. Very scary times we live in.

[@WayPastCrazy2525]

They have 100 megaton hydrogen bomb. We have a Hulk.

[@Bospy1]

The USA and Russia both only “officially” use a few megaton yield bombs with a ton of kiloton tactical weapons. The Russian Tsar Bomba could have been 100 megatons but it was only 50, ironically the pilots almost didn’t escape the testing zone. There was a hypothetical “bigger bomb” than the Hydrogen Bomb that our guys wanted to make but they ruled it would be too crazy.

[@Uktarget67]

I think the us still mount a 1 megaton warhead on the minute man missiles but for the most part warheads are typically in the 450 kiloton range allowing a missile to carry more, China used to have a 25 mt ICBM. These day with precision MIRV's with missiles carrying 8-10 warheads it makes the use of multi megaton munitions redundant though they would still be used as an EMP strike as a precursor to a nuclear assault to try and blind the enemies radar tracking and communications.

[@benapfel8792]

@@Bospy1 You mean that "project pluto SLAM" madness? That really was a doomsday machine.

[@Tyrfingr]

R-36M (SS-18) series of missiles would be the most fearsome Russian variants in my memory banks. In MIRV mode it carries 10 independent warheads beteen 5 to 700 Kilotons, or a single warhead of 20 Megaton. The U.S had a version with 300K warheads that is currently decomissioned. Currently the Russians have 46 of the type 15A18M that can carry up to 20 warheads, each independent. It is pretty much bye bye if they hit the switch.

[@uncoloredredsquare1]

It took longer for humans to advance from bronze swords to steel swords than to advance from steel swords to nuclear bombs. The first nuclear bomb was made around 80 years ago. I am kinda worried what humanity will make in the future.

[@danieldeplorable4960]

Very scary visual. The hydrogen bomb explosion is frightening, yet awesome.

[@gregtennessee8249]

Trump Lost. Trump Arrested on 37 Federal Felony Charges Espionage Act.

[@aryaman2063]

It's horrifying and fascinating at the time seeing that conversion of so little of a mass into energy can give this much of an output

[@aamira23]

This is the law of nature

[@scientiaestpotentia2007]

c^2 is quite big ngl

[@jasoncrandall5320]

The film was very beautiful like a little indie movie w a giant Nuke going off in the distance.

[@MilitaryMatters1]

Think of the conversion it took to make life.

[@aryaman2063]

@@MilitaryMatters1 feels elegant

[@someprick7053]

Fake. There's no USSR earrape anthem playing in the background.

[@slavvy.mp4884]

@Imran Aka Immy well you must be fun at parties (s a r c a s m)

[@prestongarvey8884]

@ITechPakistan you're a dumbass

[@Frankdtankspanks]

Somebody once told me, the world's gonna roll me...

[@diysarivon5540]

@@someprick7053 no USSR anthem, no hardbass = fake 😂

[@user-lp5ec2dw2y]

🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🏽🖕

[@andhall]

Absolutely beautiful

[@lordhung7013]

In reality from all those camera viewpoints the explosion was in absolute silence because it was so far away. It took the shockwave up to several minutes to reach them.

[@ghostarashide227]

The only thing you can hear is the rumbling ground and this nearly instantly

[@DeeKeyLP]

this is a film

[@lukesutton4135]

I always wonder how the footage survived, as if it was live streamed. Kinda like how they had drone shots in the 80s but, remember kids aliens don't exist.

[@OhShitSeriously]

@Bryan Kirby Look at the timing. They go down when the air blast hits, not before. Probably pretty hard, too, although to be fair I expect I wouldn't be trying to get up in a hurry either.

[@CH-pv2rz]

@Bryan Kirby they were knocked flat and killed by the shockwave you dimwit.

[@system8336]

2:14 What a scare, poor dog!!

[@user-de4cq6uk6l]

And the people in the middle of the street who were knocked down

[@shazuzrqt7985]

That dog probably died due to radiation

[@shazuzrqt7985]

@Chinmay C. no problem cutie

[@RealAsaduzzaman]

It was a bear

[@ginnikohza2070]

@@RealAsaduzzaman xd

[@Audience0]

This is the hydrogen bomb test in 1955 and the power of this bomb is nominal yield is normally 3 megatons, but for the test they reduce it to 1.6 megatons, and the power of the current tsar bomb is 50 MEGATONS If a bomb at 1.6 megatons explodes with such power, I can't imagine the explosion at 50 megatons, imagine it being dropped on a city..

[@wolfofsheeps]

2:20 💀

[@alexm.s4000]

This is what happens when you dont rush B

[@zineeddine7760]

Omfg lmfaoaooaoaoaooooo

[@leoli2450]

More like this is what happens when you sucessfully rushes B

[@UchihaFabio]

Unfortunately I kill all B rushers with a P90

[@bitc5236]

Bro this had me weak asf 😂😂😂🤣

[@martinasenov3361]

rush B... p90... dust2 tunnel... SIP VODKA... GRAB THE MIC... CYKA... BLYAT!!!

[@rollingrocky3608]

"What does this button do?" 1:10

[@zineeddine7760]

Dying....

[@raincloud5259]

Dumb ways to die ~~

[@user-iu5eu1ch7k]

Rolling Rocky360 lmao got me dying

[@PrinceJes]

Doh!

[@meengreen52]

Oops

[@davidvaughn7752]

There is something wonderous and beautiful about this level of destriction. It is a living thing, alive only for moments, yet its ferocity and strength resounds throughout the world as its glowing mantle rips apart the night crrating a new day!

[@hardcoregymnasium1779]

This is so cool!

[@m0ther_bra1ned12]

The nuclear arms race is like two men standing in a puddle of gasoline, one man holding one match, one man holding ten...

[@therealmaxspeedster]

And both of them trying to get as many more matches as they can.

[@TheAngrySaxon1]

Because the world's leaders were insane enough to think that more = war won. The reality, is that both sides would lose, and that whatever was left of humanity would be reduced to a pre-industrial level, assuming the planet-wide winter didn't kill them off first.

[@Pandahhhhhhhh]

Zenith initially having more was better when a single country had it, but now it's just mutual suicide agreement if any one country tries to use large numbers

[@TheAngrySaxon1]

SovietPanda Yes, but my point was, you can destroy your enemy with a superior number of missiles, but if your cities are hit by even a small number in return, then it's game over. No power, no running water, no food, no medicine, global temperatures well below freezing... that's no victory.

[@CopyrightThis723]

Motherbrain Jr that is a beautiful metaphor that sums it up perfectly. That's going in my repertoire...