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  2. Thermonuclear weapon - Wikipedia

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    A thermonuclear weapon, fusion weapon or hydrogen bomb (H bomb) is a second-generation nuclear weapon design. Its greater sophistication affords it vastly greater destructive power than first-generation nuclear bombs , a more compact size, a lower mass, or a combination of these benefits.

  3. Nuclear weapon - Wikipedia

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    Thermonuclear bombs work by using the energy of a fission bomb to compress and heat fusion fuel. In the Teller-Ulam design, which accounts for all multi-megaton yield hydrogen bombs, this is accomplished by placing a fission bomb and fusion fuel (tritium, deuterium, or lithium deuteride) in proximity within a special, radiation-reflecting ...

  4. History of the Teller–Ulam design - Wikipedia

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    After Truman ordered the crash program to develop the hydrogen bomb in January 1950, the Boston Daily Globe published a cutaway description of a hypothetical hydrogen bomb with the caption Artist's conception of how H-bomb might work using atomic bomb as a mere "trigger" to generate enough heat to set up the H-bomb's "thermonuclear fusion" process.

  5. Nuclear weapon design - Wikipedia

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    This casing, called the pusher, thus has three jobs: to keep the secondary cool; to hold it, inertially, in a highly compressed state; and, finally, to serve as the chief energy source for the entire bomb. The consumable pusher makes the bomb more a uranium fission bomb than a hydrogen fusion bomb. Insiders never used the term "hydrogen bomb". [29]

  6. Russia releases secret footage of 1961 'Tsar Bomba' hydrogen ...

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    The hydrogen bomb, which carried the force of 50 million tons of conventional explosives, was detonated in a test in October 1961, 4,000 meters over the remote Novaya Zemlya archipelago above the ...

  7. Underground nuclear weapons testing - Wikipedia

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    There are however other gases, mostly carbon dioxide and hydrogen, which do not condense and remain gaseous. The carbon dioxide is produced by thermal decomposition of carbonates, hydrogen is created by reaction of iron and other metals from the nuclear device and surrounding equipment. The amount of carbonates and water in the soil and the ...

  8. N. Korea says it has developed more-advanced hydrogen bomb - AOL

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    North Korea said on Sunday it has developed a more advanced nuclear weapon that has "great destructive power."

  9. Possible two-stage hydrogen bomb seen 'game changer' for ...

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    North Korea's claim of a successful H-bomb test marks a big step in its long-stated goal of developing a nuclear missile that puts the U.S. within range. Possible two-stage hydrogen bomb seen ...