Re: The testing, animated
The mix includes some surprises for some people.
The Tsar Bomba, ostensibly 100 megatons, was detuned by the Russian scientists to 50 megatons, but the Soviet leadership wasn't told. The scientists thought the fallout from the bigger bomb would be way too irresponsible.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba
The US Castle Bravo test was calculated at 4 to 6 megatons and went off at 15. That had to be a real surprise.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Bravo
I had absolutely no idea there were so many. And the mix includes some colossal errors and the US had done so many or how widespread they were.