Technology Nuclear Bomb United States VS Russia

Before we discusses about nuclear bomb, we much know about this

history of nuclear. A mounth before world war 2, exatcly date 2 august 1939, a
scientist Albert Einstein send a letter from president U.S. Franklin Delano
Rooselvelt about Nazi germany purify uranium (235) for making spectacular
bomb. Not long after Einstein's letter received by the president, the U.S.
immediately held a secret project is named "Manhattan Project". After six years,
hardwork this project is success. A little bomb weighing 4,5 tons dropped on
hiroshima on 6 august 1945 and 9 august 1945 on nagasaki. After world war 2 is
ended, goverment U.S. covenant for not to use nuclear bomb. But this makes
the competition in the world.
Oke, Now I will discuss about nuclear bombs which are the most strong,
betwen the United States or Russia. First I will discuss about bomb nuclear
maded U.S. first bomb is named Mk-14this bomb is thermonuclear bomb who
has explosive force equivalent to 6.9 Mt (megatons) of TNT. This nuclear bomb
tested in Marshall Island on 26 April 1954 when the Union Castle nuclear tests
in the Marshall.

Mk-14. Gambar: US military photograph

Mk-14 was developed in September 1952, make as many as five bombs and
began to be used by the US Air Force (USAF) in February 1954. The Mk-14

was retired in October 1954 and in September 1956. Mk-14 diametre 1.56 m,
length 5.64 m and weight between 13,100 kg and 14,100 kg.
Second ivy mike, hydrogen bomb has a power (10,4 Megaton). This
bomb detonated by the United States on November 1, 1952 at Enewetak, in the
Pacific Ocean. Explosive force of 10.4 Mt. This bomb have a power 700
explosive on dropped hiroshima.

Tested Ivy Mike AS in Enewetak Atoll on 1 November 1952. picture: The

Official CTBTO Photostream
Fireball created when blasting has a maximum radius of 3.28 km and
created only a few seconds after the explosion occurred. Mushroom cloud rising
in at altitude of 17 km on 90 seconds. The bomb had a diameter of 2 m, a
length of 6 m and weight 82 tons. Next the nuclear bomb is Mk-24, this bomb
have power 10 Mt-15 Mt. Thermonuclear bomb Mk-24 is one of the largest and
most powerful nuclear weapon ever made US.
During 1954 and 1955, the US has made 105 Mk-24 bombs, but only
some years after the production process is completed, the nuclear bomb is
retired from the USAF. The first prototype Mk-24, referred to as EC-24, was
tested on May 5, 1954 and the explosive force of 13.5 Mt.
Mk-24 has a diameter of 1.56 m, 7.52 m long and weighing between 18,600 kg
and 19,100 kg. Dropped from a bomber with 20m parachute to slow his fall.
At last, nuclear bomb from soviet union (russia). This bomb is named
RDS-220 or Tsar Bomba, this bomb has explode 50 Mt. This bomb is the
strongest thermonuclear history. The bomb was detonated by the Soviet
Union(Russia) on October 30, 1961 in the archipelago of Novaya Zemlya in the
Arctic Sea, Russia.

Casing Tsar Bomba in the museum

The bomb dropped from a height of 10.5 km, exploded at an altitude of 4
km above sea level and the explosive force 50-58 Mt. The strength of the
explosion was equivalent to the explosive power of 3,800 Hiroshima bombs.
Tsar Bomba have diameter of 2 m, 8 m long and weighs 27 tons. Dropped from
a Tu-95 bomber plane with a parachute 800 kilograms. When the explosion
occurred, altitude Tu-95 fell one kilometer from the previous wave due to the
effects of the Tsar Bomba.

From the above data it can be concluded that, the power of nuclear bombs
from the United States is still far against Russia.