hydrogen bomb

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

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2025

Mr Unthank said he was never issued any protective clothing during the two hydrogen bomb tests he witnessed.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 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

Sakharov, who died in 1989, was a key figure in developing the Soviet Union’s hydrogen bomb program but later become renowned for his activism in promoting human rights and freedom of conscience.

From Washington Times • Aug. 18, 2023

That would come to mean the Super: the thermonuclear, or hydrogen, bomb.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik