The creation and testing of a superbomb was of great political importance: the Soviet Union demonstrated its potential in creating a nuclear arsenal of great power (at that time, the most powerful thermonuclear charge tested by the United States was 15 Mt). After the AN602 test, the United States did not increase the power of their own thermonuclear tests, and that in 1963 in Moscow the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, Outer Space and Under Water was signed.