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Met Lab in Chicago
In 1942, after creating the first nuclear chain reaction on earth at the Met Lab in Chicago, Enrico Fermi said that the fission process that occurred within an atomic bomb could be used to ignite the same sort of thermonuclear reaction that took place inside the center of the sun. -
Edward Teller
Edward Teller asks for Robert Oppenheimer's support in the building process of a hydrogen bomb for the United States. Oppenheimer refuses to help with construction of the bomb. Teller would later go on to build the hydrogen bomb. -
Important Announcement
President Harry S. Truman announced that the United States would continue to support research on all types of nuclear weapons,but many scientist are against this idea because of the destructive power possible with these weapons. -
First Hydrogen Bomb Test
A 10.4 megaton hydrogen bomb code named "Mike" was the first test of a hydrogen bomb. It was detonated in Marshall Islands on an area in the Pacific Ocean called the Enewetak Atoll. -
soviet union catching up
Soviet Union leader Georgy Malenkov announces that they have successfully created and have a hydrogen bomb. -
BRAVO TEST
BRAVO is the first deliverable hydrogen bomb. It was tested at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. This 15 megaton bomb. exploding bigger than expected. One crew member of a local fishing vessel died from the explosion. -
Effect of the Tsar Bomb
This map shows the scale of damage that the Tsar Bomb was detonated over Boston. It would cause an estimated 1.9 million deaths and an additional 1.2 million injuries. -
Largest Hydrogen Bomb
The "Tsar Bomba" is the most powerful nuclear weapon ever to be detonated. The 57 megaton hydrogen bomb created by the Soviet Union was detonated north of Russia. The mushroom cloud was 40 miles high and 59 miles wide. -
nuclear Weapons Illegal
The International Court of Justice states that use of nuclear weapons is against international law. They highly recommend not to use nuclear weapons against other countries. -
nuclear ban sign
The United Nations, China, France, The United Kingdom, Russia, and the United States,and more all sign the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban,but India still refuses to sign the treaty. -
citation
1)Guilfoil,J. M.(2013,December 31)Tsar Bomba,the biggest bomb ever detonated - |Air Cache.Retrieved December11, 2017,from http://theaircache.com/2013/12/31/an602-tsar-bomba/2)Hydrogen bomb. (n.d.).Retrieved December11, 2017, from http://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/political-science-and-government/military-affairs-nonnaval/hydrogen-bomb3)Hydrogen Bomb - 1950. (2014, June 19).Retrieved December 11, 2017, fromhttps://www.atomicheritage.org/history/hydrogen-bomb-1950
