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Bookmark or Share- United States tests first hydrogen bomb | November 1, 1952 - HISTORY1952. United States tests first hydrogen bomb. The United States detonates the world’s first thermonuclear weapon, the hydrogen bomb, on Eniwetok atoll in the Pacific. The test gave the...
- Hydrogen Bomb vs. Atomic Bomb: What's the Difference?Hydrogen bombs, or thermonuclear bombs, are more powerful than atomic or "fission" bombs. The difference between thermonuclear bombs and fission bombs begins at the atomic level. [ The 10...
- What is an H-bomb? - BBC NewsThe H-bomb is the most destructive weapon ever created by man. The same power source that fuels the sun is used in the device. This is what makes it far more powerful than other nuclear bombs....
- hydrogen bomb summary | Britannicahydrogen bomb, or H-bomb or thermonuclear bomb, Weapon whose enormous explosive power is generated by the nuclear fusion of hydrogen isotopes. The high temperatures required for the fusion reaction are produced by detonating an atomic bomb (which draws its energy from nuclear fission ).
- Tsar Bomba | History, Location, Megatons, & Facts | BritannicaTsar Bomba, Soviet thermonuclear bomb that was detonated in a test over Novaya Zemlya island in the Arctic Ocean on October 30, 1961. The largest nuclear weapon ever set off, it produced the most powerful human-made explosion ever recorded. The bomb was built in 1961 by a group of Soviet physicists that notably included Andrey Sakharov.
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