hydrogen bomb

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The latter aircraft were, of course, military jets, the A-4 being a light-attack aircraft that, under the definitions of the time, could deliver a hydrogen bomb.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Rabi at the 1954 hearing convened to consider stripping J. Robert Oppenheimer of his security clearance because of his opposition to developing the hydrogen bomb.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

Teller’s explanation was likely self-serving given his later acrimonious rift with Oppenheimer over the hydrogen bomb.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2025

John Morris, 87, worked as a laundry operator "washing contaminated clothing" on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean in the 1950s, and said he witnessed tests of three atomic bombs and one hydrogen bomb.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025

At that point President Truman ordered the development of the even more powerful hydrogen bomb.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson