---
title: "This animation shows every nuclear bomb explosion in history"
description: "How many times has there been a nuclear bomb explosion? Much higher than many people might guess. This video below shows them all."
date: "2022-02-11"
modified: "2023-02-07"
authors:
  - name: "Harold C. Hutchison"
    link: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/authors/haroldhutchison.md"
url: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/watch/this-animation-shows-every-nuclear-bomb-explosion-in-history/"
categories:
  - "Cold War"
  - "History"
  - "Tactical"
  - "War History"
  - "Weapons"
tags:
  - "China"
  - "North Korea"
  - "Russia"
---

# This animation shows every nuclear bomb explosion in history

![nuke shows](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Trinity_Detonation_TB.jpg>)
*Mushroom cloud of 'Gadget' over Trinity, seconds after detonation.*

Just how many times has a nuclear bomb explosion occurred? The number is much higher than many people might guess. The nuke video below shows a staggering total — and it is a subject that is out of mind, largely because all but two of the times that nuclear weapons have detonated were tests. Furthermore, the United States [hasn't even conducted a test since 1992](<https://www.ctbto.org/nuclear-testing/the-effects-of-nuclear-testing/the-united-states-nuclear-testing-programme/>).

To put that into perspective, in that year, [Major League Baseball](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/baseball-wwii-war-bonds.md>) still had only 26 teams. The NFL was at only 28 teams, and Cleveland still had the original Cleveland Browns while the Los Angeles Rams were still three years away from their two-decade sojourn in St. Louis. Michael Jordan and the Bulls were two-thirds of the way through their first three-peat.

This video below shows just how powerful the a nuclear bomb explosion is — and after it, you should come away feeling sobered at just how many times the most powerful weapon in human history has exploded, and thankful that it has only been used in anger twice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGFkw0hzW1c

## Author
WATM contributor Harold Hutchison was consulting senior editor at Soldier of Fortune magazine and is the author of the novel Strike Group Reagan. He has also written for the Daily Caller, National Review, Patriot Post, Strategypage.com, and other national web sites.

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