List of Nuclear Weapons Tests - List of Most Powerful Nuclear Tests

List of Most Powerful Nuclear Tests

The following incomplete list contains nuclear tests conducted with a yield of over 10 Mt TNT.

Date Yield Test mode Country Test Site Remarks
October 30, 1961 50 Mt air-drop Soviet Union Novaya Zemlya Tsar Bomba
December 24, 1962 24.2 Mt air-drop Soviet Union Novaya Zemlya Test 219
August 5, 1961 21.1 Mt air-drop Soviet Union Novaya Zemlya
September 25, 1962 19.1 Mt air-drop Soviet Union Novaya Zemlya
February 28, 1954 15 Mt ground USA Bikini Atoll Castle Bravo
May 5, 1954 13.5 Mt sea surface USA Bikini Atoll Castle Yankee
October 23, 1961 12.5 Mt air-drop Soviet Union Novaya Zemlya
March 26, 1954 11 Mt sea surface USA Bikini Atoll Castle Romeo
November 1, 1952 10.4 Mt ground USA Eniwetok Ivy Mike
September 27, 1962 10 Mt air-drop Soviet Union Novaya Zemlya

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