When was the world's first thermonuclear weapon/hydrogen bomb test?
The United States on Nov.1,1952 detonates the world’s first thermonuclear weapon (the hydrogen bomb) on Eniwetok atoll in the Pacific. The test gave the United States an advantage in the nuclear arms race with the Soviet Union. After the Soviet detonation of an atomic device in September 1949, the United States accelerated its program to develop the next stage in atomic weaponry. A thermonuclear bomb, more popularly known as the hydrogen bomb. This new weapon was approximately 1,000 times more powerful than conventional nuclear devices.
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Richard D. Boyle
I remember this. I was a brand new college Freshman as of September 1952 and was still 17. My mind was not yet cluttered or overloaded with tons of extraneous information...like it has since become.
Chris Brown
It would have been interesting to some if you had included the Marshall Islands, which is where Eniwetok Atoll is located.
Georgia Kemp
Char, My parents married on Hiroshima Day.
Char
Wow an awful way to remember both my birth month and year.
Alejo Planchart
Then, I think the Rosenberg couple was acccused and found guilty of selling the secret to the USSR
Coral Harvey
barrattjohn, that wasn't a test John but a war assault.
lmjmom
Got it.
patrhea
...missed by a year.
Mr.LaFaye
tesla alset, You do the repeats as you must be a very lonely person and you seek attention.
Ed Taber
DHL, The biggest threat to nuclear bomb workers was from beryllium.
dcboyden
tesla alset, Everyone on this sight is smart enough to read. Knock of the recap.
Kenneth Dallas
The question asked when,so there was no need to put who carried out the tests in the answer options.
ninakamwene
No idea
Carroll Price
Edward Teller is credited with being the father of the Hydrogen bomb.
George Oliver Prince
I am become death,destroyer of worlds