Nuclear Weapon Comparisons
30 head-to-head comparisons between historical and modern nuclear weapons. Each page shows yields side-by-side, blast and thermal radii, casualty estimates at a reference urban density, and a clear answer to "which weapon is bigger?".
Tsar BombavsCastle Bravo
50 Mt (USSR) vs 15 Mt (USA)
Tsar BombavsLittle Boy
50 Mt (USSR) vs 15 kt (USA)
Tsar BombavsIvy Mike
50 Mt (USSR) vs 10.4 Mt (USA)
Little BoyvsFat Man
15 kt (USA) vs 21 kt (USA)
Castle BravovsIvy Mike
15 Mt (USA) vs 10.4 Mt (USA)
Castle BravovsLittle Boy
15 Mt (USA) vs 15 kt (USA)
B83vsW88
1.2 Mt (USA) vs 475 kt (USA)
W88vsW76
475 kt (USA) vs 100 kt (USA)
B83vsB53
1.2 Mt (USA) vs 9 Mt (USA)
W87vsW88
300 kt (USA) vs 475 kt (USA)
B83vsTsar Bomba
1.2 Mt (USA) vs 50 Mt (USSR)
B61vsW54 SADM
340 kt (USA) vs 1 kt (USA)
B61vsDavy Crockett
340 kt (USA) vs 20 tons TNT (USA)
W80vsB61
150 kt (USA) vs 340 kt (USA)
TrinityvsJoe-1 (RDS-1)
25 kt (USA) vs 22 kt (USSR)
TrinityvsHurricane
25 kt (USA) vs 25 kt (UK)
TrinityvsGerboise Bleue
25 kt (USA) vs 70 kt (France)
TrinityvsTest No. 596
25 kt (USA) vs 22 kt (China)
TrinityvsSmiling Buddha
25 kt (USA) vs 12 kt (India)
TrinityvsChagai-I
25 kt (USA) vs 40 kt (Pakistan)
TrinityvsHwasong-14 Warhead
25 kt (USA) vs 250 kt (North Korea)
Fat ManvsTrinity
21 kt (USA) vs 25 kt (USA)
Little BoyvsW76
15 kt (USA) vs 100 kt (USA)
Fat ManvsW76
21 kt (USA) vs 100 kt (USA)
Ivy MikevsCastle Bravo
10.4 Mt (USA) vs 15 Mt (USA)
Little BoyvsMOAB (Mother of All Bombs)
15 kt (USA) vs 11 tons TNT (USA)
Little BoyvsFOAB (Father of All Bombs)
15 kt (USA) vs 44 tons TNT (Russia)
Fat ManvsMOAB (Mother of All Bombs)
21 kt (USA) vs 11 tons TNT (USA)
Tsar BombavsSoviet Test 219
50 Mt (USSR) vs 24.2 Mt (USSR)
Castle BravovsCastle Yankee
15 Mt (USA) vs 13.5 Mt (USA)