In light of growing tensions among global leaders and the escalating discussions about the potential for World War III, a video has been produced to illustrate the catastrophic impact of nuclear conflict.
YouTuber Zack D. Films has crafted a startling simulation that outlines the consequences if the largest nuclear bomb ever devised were detonated over New York City.
The most significant nuclear explosion recorded occurred in 1961 with the Russian hydrogen bomb known as the ”Tsar Bomba,’ or ‘Tsar Bomb’ as it is often referred to in the West.
It was nearly 60 years later when footage of this massive explosion became public.
Nicknamed the ‘King of Bombs,’ the Tsar Bomb was developed from 1956 to 1961 amid the nuclear arms race between the Soviet Union and the United States.
This weapon was reported to be 3,300 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, composed of a hydrogen bomb with 50 megatons—or 50 million tons—of explosives.
During its test in October 1961, the Tsar Bomb produced a mushroom cloud that reached 60 kilometers in height.
Recently, Zack and his team at Zack D. Films released a video illustrating the potential impact if such a bomb were used on New York City. Watch it here:
“If the world’s biggest nuclear bomb landed in New York City, the 50 megaton explosion would instantly vaporize everything within a two mile radius,” the video describes.
“The blast wave would flatten buildings up to 20 miles away, turning skyscrapers into rubble, and a fireball over five miles wide would ignite everything in its path.”
“The shock wave would shatter windows as far as New Jersey and the mushroom cloud would rise 40 miles into the air.”
“Radiation would contaminate the area for decades, leaving no survivors in its wake.”
It is crucial that tensions between Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump do not escalate to the point where such destructive decisions are made.
To further understand the potential impact on New York, let’s delve deeper into the history of the Tsar Bomb.
During its 1961 test, the Soviet Union set up cameras both on the ground and aboard two aircrafts to capture the moment the bomb created an enormous fireball in the sky.
“The testing of an exceptionally powerful hydrogen load … confirmed that the Soviet Union is in possession of a thermo-nuclear weapon with power of 50 megatons, 100 megatons and more,” stated a narrator over footage of the test, which was released in 2021.