hydrogen bomb
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However, historians argue that records show he served the United States faithfully and he was sanctioned because of his opposition to developing the more powerful hydrogen bomb.
From Science Magazine
In 1980, they collaborated on a novel, “The Fifth Horseman,” about a Libyan terrorist plotting to detonate a hydrogen bomb in New York.
From Washington Post
A key element in the case against Oppenheimer was derived from his resistance to early work on the hydrogen bomb, which could explode with 1,000 times the force of an atomic bomb.
From New York Times
Nuclear fusion is also what allows hydrogen bombs to deliver tremendously violent explosions.
From Washington Post
Experts estimate that the amount of energy released by the eruption was as much as 60 megatons, roughly equal to the most powerful hydrogen bomb ever detonated.
From Washington Post
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