The United States conducted the first H-bomb test in 1952 in the Pacific; the bomb produced a yield of 10,400 kilotons, around 450 times more powerful than the weapon used at Nagasaki.

This weapon system is 'thermonuclear weapons', also called hydrogen bombs or H-bombs. ... A hydrogen bomb could wipe out entire cities and kill hundreds to thousands of times more people than an ...

The Tsar Bomba, the largest and most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated, remains an iconic and terrifying testament to the destructive power of nuclear energy. Developed by the Soviet Union during ...

For his vocal support of the H-bomb and for his part in the weapon's design, Teller is often referred to as the "father of the hydrogen bomb." Hydrogen bomb tests were incredibly powerful. On ...

Thermal nuclear weapon, also known as hydrogen bomb, is a type of nuclear weapon which is based on the nuclear fusion process. Atomic bombs use the fission of heavy elements such as uranium or ...

Eventually, Teller's H-Bomb would be developed by both sides and dominate the nuclear arsenals of each country, as well as several others, with over 40,000 thermonuclear weapons built by the late ...

In 1949, following the shock of the first Soviet nuclear test, Oppenheimer redoubled his efforts to promote tactical uses for atomic weapons. He opposed the crash program to develop the hydrogen bomb ...

The Soviet Union holds the title for the largest hydrogen bomb ever tested. To international condemnation, Russia tested the so-called Tsar Bomba in 1961, a 27,000 kilogram bomb that produced a ...

A hydrogen bomb could wipe out entire cities and kill hundreds to thousands of times more people than an atomic bomb, according to the University of Tennessee’s Institute for Nuclear Security.