10 Biggest Explosions in All History
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- 10 Biggest Explosions in All History
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How many Pound make 1 Megaton? 1 Megaton [Mt] = 2 204 622 621.848 lbs ....not Mt = 1,000,000 lbs
Yeah. he didn't do his math!
Nope! One Megaton is equal 1,000,000 Tons,
@@josephpacchetti5997 Jesus Christ your correct I just heard them say 1 megaton is 1,000,000 lbs of 1 Megaton which there first test was with 100,000 lbs of TNT. So he did do his math correct. From what they say on what a megaton vs a kiloton.
@@connorszajko Anyway, the Russian scientists at the time were scared to go above 50 megaton yield. They could not predict what would happen at the time. The Tsar Bomba have a max. yield of 150 megaton. So if the American leftis are seriously smart, they would call off their dreamed third world war against Russia today rather then tomorrow. This bomb does not destroy cities, with it's fall out in calculation, it destroy entire states....
The narrator is just reading a script, but such a stupid error. Duh
Maybe we should be more careful with ammonium nitrate?
Love the black and white photo with a guy with two bombs in a wheelbarrow 😆
Where's the fun in that? If we safely handle it, we'd never get all these cool explosions lol
Nah
🤣🤣 you think the world would have learned by now.
Or just don't let idiots in charge of where and how to store it. 🔥🌋🏴☠️
This probably isn't in the spirit of this video but the biggest explosion ever caught on camera was the Shoemaker levy 9 comet fragment G impact on Jupiter, a 6000 GIGAton (6 million megaton) explosion that created a fireball bigger than the Earth.
At 16:09 , One megaton is 1 million TONS, not 1 million Pounds! That's a lot of difference.
yep, so in actuality its a lot more than emphazised.
The really scary part? The Tsar Bomba had been modified to reduce its blast yield before its detonation. Originally, the blast yield was supposed to be about 100 megatons, but it was reduced by half under fears of widespread radioactive fallout.
I think it was also in part of safety and delivery. the 50 Mtn tsar bomba was already very hefty and delivering the payload was a challenge.
#8 - There's a TON of footage from that event, why wasn't it shown? Copyright BS?
Somewhat, but mostly because of the graphic nature. CZcams would almost definitely age restrict the video if we had shown it. We had a few sources we could have licensed footage from, and trust me we would have preferred to show it, but I knew the risk was too high :/
@@Underworld5s Oh CZcams...sigh. Thanks for the answer.
@@nebula0024 what would we do without our corporate overlords working tirelessly to keep us safe ... 😶
@@kenosabi Pretty sure we'll be finding out sooner or than later.
I think when Putin saw this video he was eating popcorn and washing it down with Stoli….
I maked my list of top 11 most poweful non nuclear explosions
11) PEPCON disaster, 0,25 kilotons
10) Operation Sailor Hat, 0,5 kilotons
9) Ripple Rock explosion, 1 kiloton
8) Beirut explosions, 0,5-1,5 kilotons
7) Oppau explosion, 2 kilotons
6) Texas-city explosion, 2,7 kilotons
5) Halifax explosion, 2,9 kilotons
4) British Bang, 3,2 kilotons
3) Misty Picture, 3,9 kilotons
2) Minor Scale, 4 kilotons
1) N-1 explosion, 1-6,93, (7) kilotons
Teacher: So, what did we learn about ammonium nitrate everybody?
Me: It brings the boom.
I live right outside of Texas City. I had heard that it was pretty literally wiped off of the map, but I don't know why I never thought to look up what went wrong. Partly it's due to my age. The internet didn't exist when I first heard of it. It's awesome to see the footage and know what really occurred! Thanks much!
Top quality content as usual, especially loved the extra tidbits of info, i wasnt aware that nitrate was stored in Beruit for 6 years, wow. Thanks guys!
Well, they skipped a few between #1 and #4 - Hiroshima and Nagasaki would have made the list. They are trying to make a channel, but skip facts and truth.
Genuinely amazed the pilots could even fly considering their balls weighed more then Tsar Bomba. Impressive.
It was the Halifax Incident where scientists learned about the more devastating „Mach-Stamm-Effect“. The Explosion was worse because the ship floated in water, and the shockwave was reflected by the Ground. So they detonated Little Boy and Fat Man ABOVE Ground.
These videos are really helpful as I'm aware of what's happening in the world
Scary thought when the worlds most powerful people hold the codes.
That moment when you realize only one half of the Tsar Bomba was actually used for this test...
No, 1/3th. They tested a yield of 50 megatons, the bomb can de loaded to 150 megatons. But somehow (i read 25 years ago so info can be outdated by now due to new insight and knowledge) that is not 3 times the destruction but about 5 times. It seems to more your stack in a nuclear explosion, the wilder it goes. So a double yield will be more then a double explosion.
At BASF…..we don’t make a lot of products you buy , we make a lot of the products you buy………well, more toxic, deadly and explosive.
But hey , nobody’s perfect.
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16:06 50 megatons = 50 million tons of TNT, not 50 million pounds.
50 million pounds of TNT = 25 Kilotons
@@curlyrooster118 huh? I can't tell if you're trying to correct him, or just stating a random number, followed by random well-known stat.
@@curlyrooster118 How many Pound make 1 Megaton? 1 Megaton [Mt] = 2 204 622 621.848 lbs
@@thisoldminer Yep and 50 Megaton would be over 110 BILLION pounds.
@@UnknownUzer yep :)
@@BobbySacamano Well, it's mega-TON. Not mega-POUND. So 50 mega-TONS of TNT would be 50 million TONS of TNT. It's easy to make the mistake; the numbers just boggle the mind...
TLDR.. ammonium nitrate is dangerous and we don't seem to understand that
Number 5 hurt my heart, all those lives could’ve been spared if they weren’t put in that position
It was at 10am, not 10pm
I am surprised the Pepcon disaster didn't make it on to the list. Fantastic and informative vid though, thanks. Subbed 🙂
I think Operation Crossroads Baker should have been on the list. The explosion looked massive, and stock footage of the explosion has been used in media, notably SpongeBob, which has used it 3 times within the show
21 KILOTONS, underwater.
How much more dense is water than air?
not to be that guy, but I would’ve liked to see the tianjin china port explosion. That was one of the biggest explosions in the past 5 years
The one in Beirut was pretty nasty. I saw a video of a poor couple getting their wedding photos done when that went off. Fortunately they only had minor injuries, but what a day to do your wedding photos.
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why does mishandling of ammonium nitrate happen so often??!!! we should've already learned our lesson like 5 times by now
Because humans don't learn
Becasue it's a very effective and widely used fertiliser, so it's out there in bulk being stored and transported.
Those who use it for explosives use "ANFO" (Ammonium Nitrate + Fuel Oil)... Those of us who us it as fertilizer handle so much of it so often, we rarely even think about it.
AND almost any nitrate makes for an effective oxydizer, which helps make it a good fertilizer, but similarly adds value as a CONSTITUENT of explosives, including Potassium Nitrate (aka Salt Peter) which is one of the 3 "ingredients" to old-fashioned Black Powder, among the world's first manufactured explosives... ;o)
Just to add on how bad Halifax had it all but one firefighter survived the explosion so houses and buildings burned to the ground. To add on to the misfortune rescue crews couldn't get into the town since a blizzard blew through the following day.
1:20 That's not SS Highflyer. That's the protected cruiser HMS Highflyer, which was in Halifax at the time of the explosion of the Mont Blanc.
The 2020 Beirut explosion, probably the most filmed explosion in history with literally hundreds of different videos taken....And how many do you put in your video? ZERO. Smooth guys. Real smooth. 🙄
whenever I see videos on the biggest explosions I never see the Halifax explosion covered it's great to see somebody recognize it as a canadian.
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Since the trinity test in 1945 a countdown to the end of humanity by nuclear war started I hate to think how long it is until the countdown hits 0....
until we get a few crazy enough leaders (at the same time). I mean 1 could start it, but if the other leaders have a common sense, they won't answer with a bigger, better nuclear weapon. Sure, in terms of revenge it makes sense, but if you risk your very own species, probably not so much.
My Grandfather survived the sinking of the Lexington I in the battle of Midway which I now know why he was deaf most of his life! He was a gunner and the 4th Kamikaze pilot hit the artillery chamber which there is actual footage of the Lexington 1 blowing up. I really wish the movie about the Battle of Midway would have shown the destruction of the Aircraft Carrier Lexington 1 my Grandfathers name was John Milton Falcon. Which is super ironic because I died racing motocross in Milton Florida and come back from the dead after stabbing the face of another tabletop jump 140 feet away on 1/20/01. It’s also awesome that SpaceX named the Falcon 9 after me because I got into flying rc helicopters while I was stuck in a wheelchair for a year and stood for the 1st day of 9/11/01 in which my uncle who retired as a general flying the F-16 Fighting Falcon survived the attack on the Pentagon on 9/11/01 in which he was attending a pilot banquet in the Pentagon on 9/11/01. ❤️
16:10, Check your math. 1 megaton equals 2 BILLION pounds of TNT. So, 50MT equals 100 BILLION pounds of TNT. I can't believe I'm the only one who caught this error.
50MT is 50 million tons of tnt. 1 kiloton is ne thousand ton of tnt, one megaton is one million ton of tnt
What about the Tianjin China explosion?
It's a pity that the footage doesn't have a higher resolution.
tzar bomba was huge even prior to explosion but it was even bigger once exploded they even used a parachute in order to lower it so the pilot could get out and even then he could have easily downed his plane, it was also so heavy that the bomb had to be lifted via plane/bomber.
Booms are scary
@Underworld
1 Megaton = 1 Million pounds?? You do mean 1 million tons!
I'm a little bit late to the party and I really love your videos!
But... If you are talking about countries, islands and regions where things havae happened, you should REALLY add a map and show exactly where it happened.
I know most places by heart, but a lot of people struggle with geography and you would help a lot, by pinpointing those spots.
But everything else, is spot on!
“Kilotons of energy” doesn’t make sense. A kiloton is a measurement of mass, equal to one million kilograms or one billion grams. A 5 kiloton blast releases energy equivalent to what would be released from 5 kilotons of TNT detonating, but the energy itself is measured in units of energy, like joules
Other than that nitpicky thing, excellent video, informative and interesting!
While you're right, kiloton/megaton is a commonly used/accepted measurement for explosions, and to be fair, it makes just as much sense as any other measurement. 1 kiloton of "energy" is equal to that amount of TNT. Noone would understand x megajoule of explosion. (although I'm not sure many more could relate to how big of an explosion 1 kg of TNT makes)
Wasnt the Tian jin explosion bigger then the one in beirut? why is it missing?
Incorrect, 1 Megaton is equal to 1 million tons of TNT, 50 Megatons is equal to 100 Billion Pounds.
Why didn't you talk about Explosion in Bombay during World War2?
I mean Fort Staikin ship explosion.
Very powerful and deadly disaster.
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A minor mistake by the narrator. The Tsar Bomba had a blast yield of 50 - 58 megatons of TNT, not a meager 15 megatons. The original design was 100 megatons, but the scientists didn't think the pilots could survive the blast, and reduced the power of the bomb.
Guys just love destroying no matter who or what they kill. People, animals, plants, bearly blips on their radar.
including the gas chambers/crematoria in Auschwitz, where they could do it, one excruciating person after another, over a very long interval of time.
ah yes, when a youtuber tell things in the imperial system that mostly the US are using :) nevermind the people from other countries watching .3.
You forgot about the PepCon Explosion in Henderson, Nevada
How are you not even gonna show the Beirut explosion? It's one of the few that we have videos from multiple angles.
CORRECTION: @7:50, they're called MINUTE man ICBM'S, not MIDGET man. You almost get a pass b/c that's kind've funny!! 😂👍✌️
Blowing up islands for science lol
We are a bizzare species for sure.
How many common products can explode? Grain silos, sugar, other powdered stuff?
I love your content, but, please, use the international metric system too =(
What about the Mount St. Helens eruption? I've heard that it is or was the biggest explosion to occur inside the United States.
I'm assuming we're talking about man-made explosions
I love every nuke on the planet.
The Tsar Bomba Shocked Me😱
A megaton nuclear blast is a blast equivalent of one million TONS -- not pounds -- of TNT going off all at once.
i dont see any explosion in this video...
Actually, the Beirut explosion was around 1 kiloton
It says this video came out 10 hours ago but I SWAER I saw it up on yt a few weeks ago?! Weird
All OF history
I live less than a mile from port Chicago.
Fun fact the Tsar bomba was originally supposed to go off with the force of 100 Megatons of tnt but they decided the explosive yield in half because they thought 100 megatons was a bit excessive.
Imagine if it wasn’t cut, there’s probably be a black crater still today😂
@@kingMT514 The Tsar Bomba never contacted the ground. What you see in the video is atmospheric convection in response to the heat of the nuclear fusion reaction.
imagine it was the opposite and then they DOUBLED the yield to 200 Megatons.
The Tsar Bomba was indeed intended to be a 100 megaton weapon. But the Russians scaled it down to roughly 54 megatons, as they were concerned with "setting the Earth's atmosphere on fire". It is by far the largest man-made explosion to this date. The pressure wave from the blast (both above and below ground) could be felt circling the globe three times.
A similar sized event took place last year, when the Hunga Tonga volcano exploded. The explosive yield from that blast is estimated to be at around 61 megatons (or roughly 13% larger than the Tsar Bomba). The Tsar Bomba's mushroom cloud rose to around 67 kilometers into the atmosphere, while Hunga Tonga's highest point was 58 kilometers.
Though the Russians has since developed a "doomsday" nuke that is calculated to be at around 100 megatons, meant to create a radioactive tsunami, capable of wiping entire island nations (like the UK) off the map, in theory that is.
@@personwhoplaysgames952 That would be on the same scale as the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, which incidentally had an explosive yield of 200 megatons
Actually, the beruit explosion was the #1 biggest Accidental non-nuclear explosion.
Texas City got lit! laoaoao
Sweet
Beirut was because of sparks by welders
You forgot about Mount St. Helens & "The Big Bang" that created the universe
does anyone notice ammonia incidences are not uncommon?
its always the sodium nitrate
Why not show the Beirut explosion?
Why didn’t you show the actual explosion in Beirut?
Dad can you get me some ammonium nitrate
On a few of these you didn't show the entire video.
All these explosions couldn't of helped the earth.
Earth has seen worse. All of these are mere mosquito bites compared to the Yucatán asteroid or the La Garita eruption.
50% lol
yea all good until you said one million POUNDS of tnt... Its one million TONS of TNT...
A megaton is 1 million tons of t.n.t
There were only 4 attempts on the N1, not 5.
....when in doubt....C4!!!
Ahh yes, I too want big boom.
I miss those two.
many explosions have caused due to ammonium nitrate, others are firecrackers and non-nuclear and nuclear bombs and human activities
In the words of my second (ever) "Boss" on my second summer working for him, "God... I LOVE it when stuff goes kablooey... BUT NOT WHEN IT'S MINE G** D***IT!!!" ;o)
More cowbell
TLDR: Ammonium nitrate BAD
its kindda sad
USA & Rus ...Shocking
Why isn't Castle Bravo here? Or the even more powerful Soviet nuclear explosions?
For that matter, why are you comparing chemical with nuclear explosions?
It seems Tsar Bomba was just an afterthought.
Possibly, the intent of the producers of "Underworld", is to smear the United States of America and its people.
that would be on the john last night after eating mexican food loaded w jalapenos
You meant 10 biggest _human-made_ explosions in history.
im from halifax
My honorable mention: my bowel movement after smoking a bowl of fine Tegridy product and eating an entire box of Taco Bell.
Wrong because you're only counting humanity's efforts. #1: the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. Rated at 200 megatons, quadruple the Tsar Bomba, mother nature easily humbles humanity's best efforts. The sound was heard 2000 miles away a few hours later... when the sound got there. The shockwave circled the planet several times. Most of the island that the eruption happened on was simply gone. There was land, and after the eruption it was open ocean.
Honorable mention to the Tunguska Event, a bollide that exploded over Siberia in 1908 with 12 megatons of force, flattening 900 square miles of forest.
Obviously these are just history. If you go into PREhistoric explosions, things get much crazier. The Chicxulub impactor, the asteroid that wiped out the (non-avian) dinosaurs hit with 130 not megatons, not even gigatons, but teratons of force. And then there's the time 4.5 billion years ago when proto-Earth and a planet called Theia in the young solar system hit head on, both moving at 70,000~ MPH. No estimates for that boom. It's just beyond us. The ruined wreckage of the two planets reformed into one, modern Earth, by way of gravity while the remnants that were too far out formed into their own, our moon.
No matter how powerful we get, nature will humble you.
and even these are immeasurably small numbers on a cosmic scale, just imagine a supernova, or even better, a hypernova explosion.
fun fact: The Krakatoa explosion also caused a mini ice age, the following years were noticeably colder, and caused famine in some areas.
fun fact #2: If Yellowstone ever decides to go boom, it could be much bigger the Krakatoa one, wiping most of the US.
It's tons not pounds.
50Mt are in kilograms... Not pounds bru
Can we please stop playing soldier now?
And to think Russia has bombs 2 to 3+ times more powerful than the Tsar Bomba!
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