 This was probably due to the "overlay" of information about the excess of the actual explosion power over the estimated one by about 20% (in fact, by 14-17%) to the original design bomb power (100 megatons, more precisely 101.5 megatons).The newspaper Pravda added fuel to the fire of such rumors, on the pages of which it was officially stated that “the AN602 is the atomic weapon yesterday.Now even more powerful charges have been created.” In fact, the designers were considering the possibility of creating more powerful thermonuclear munitions (for example the warhead of the UR-500 missile with a capacity of 150 megatons) but designs were developed no further.