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
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
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 this revised version, a hydrogen bomb test awakens a giant fire-breathing mutant, which then rises out of the sea and marches into Tokyo.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
