I read once the tsar bomba is actually not very efficient. The problem is the explosion is concentrated on one spot and most of the energy gets dissipated upwards. If you really want to cause huge widespread destruction you are better off using multiple smaller megaton bombs. Still, it would probably ruin your day.
Apparently they could have even doubled its power to 100 megatons? You have to wonder what that would have been like.
In case you were wondering this is what would have happened if they had detonated it under the marinas trench https://what-if.xkcd.com/15/
Apparently they could have even doubled its power to 100 megatons? You have to wonder what that would have been like.
In case you were wondering this is what would have happened if they had detonated it under the marinas trench https://what-if.xkcd.com/15/