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Appropriately timed video about the American version of this, that (presumably) got stopped at the planning phase.

A bomb so big, you did not even need to deploy it to enemy territory. You just set it off in your own back yard. It was going to destroy the entire planet anyway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E55uSCO5D2w&t=642s




Sundial was the 10Gt bomb - which is 2 orders of magnitude more powerful than the Tsar Bomba (as designed, not as tested).

Edit: Good video!!




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