hydrogen bomb
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On July 6, 1962, the Energy Department set off a hydrogen bomb 75 miles southwest of Las Vegas, in the hopes of proving that nuclear weapons could be used for peaceful purposes, such as earthmoving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
Teller’s explanation was likely self-serving given his later acrimonious rift with Oppenheimer over the hydrogen bomb.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2025
If Oppenheimer had reservations about the atomic bomb, he was driven to despair over the prospect of the hydrogen bomb, or, as it was called then, the Super.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
In 2017, Pyongyang claimed it had successfully created a miniaturised hydrogen bomb designed to fit inside its missiles - a major step in its nuclear ambitions.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2023
A New York Daily News editorial guessed that this was a hydrogen bomb, perhaps five to ten times as powerful as the fission bomb that destroyed the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
