thermonuclear
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Type Ia supernovae are extremely bright explosions that are generally believed to occur when a white dwarf becomes unstable and undergoes a runaway thermonuclear reaction.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
The challenge that Churchill faced in 1940 was existential for Britain, but the one Eisenhower faced as president when the Cold War entered the thermonuclear age was existential on a global level.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
The F-35A Lightning II jets stationed at the base have successfully been flight tested to carry the short-range B61-12 thermonuclear bomb, a tactical weapon designed for the battlefield.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025
During his Nobel Peace Prize speech, Martin Luther King Jr. declared: “I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of thermonuclear destruction.”
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2024
A few weeks before Greenhouse, Bradbury had tried to mollify the willful physicist by creating a semiautonomous thermonuclear division at Los Alamos, giving Teller authority over 25 scientists.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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