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A thermonuclear weapon, fusion weapon or hydrogen bomb (H bomb) is a second-generation nuclear weapon design. Its greater sophistication affords it vastly greater destructive power than first-generation nuclear bombs, a more compact size, a lower mass, or a combination of these benefits.
14 wrz 2024 · Thermonuclear bomb, weapon whose explosive power results from an uncontrolled self-sustaining chain reaction in which isotopes of hydrogen combine under high temperatures to form helium in a process known as nuclear fusion.
Edward Teller and other U.S. scientists developed the first H-bomb and tested it at Enewetak atoll (Nov. 1, 1952). The Soviet Union first tested an H-bomb in 1953, followed by Britain (1957), China (1967), and France (1968). Most modern nuclear weapons employ both fusion and fission.
1 sty 2000 · The Development of the Hydrogen Bomb On January 31st, 1950, Truman announced that he had directed the Atomic Agency Commission 'to continue with its work on all forms of atomic energy weapons, including the so-called hydrogen or super-bomb'.
19 cze 2014 · The bomb was in a form readily adaptable for delivery by an aircraft and was thus America’s first weaponized hydrogen bomb. The Bravo test explosion yielded more than two and a half times what scientists had expected.
The Tsar Bomba was the culmination of a series of high-yield thermonuclear weapons designed by the Soviet Union and the United States during the 1950s (e.g., the Mark 17 [citation needed] and B41 nuclear bombs).
12 paź 2024 · On January 31, 1950, Truman announced that he had directed the AEC to continue its work on all forms of nuclear weapons, including hydrogen bombs. In the months that followed Truman’s decision, the prospect of building a thermonuclear weapon seemed less and less likely.
