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Teller and Oppenheimer discuss Thermonuclear Weapons
Teller led a super research program to develope the first Hydrogen Bomb.
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First H-Bomb Detonated
The United States was the first nation to test a thermonuclear weapon, which is also known as a Hydrogen Bomb. The Ivy Mike was approximatly 1000 times more powerful than the previous technology. The reason is because this new bomb used a smaller nuclear fission, like the Atom bombs, to start a larger nuclear fussion.
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Russia Test their first Hydrogen Bomb
Russia test the RDS-6.
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Britan Tests it's First Hydrogen Bomb
Britan drops the Short Granite.
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Tsar Bomba
The Soviet Union tested the most powerful nuclear weapon known. The bomb was on a parachute to give the piolet time to fly away. The blast yeilded around 50-58 megatons of TNT.
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China First Nuclear Test
China conducts Test No. 6.
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France Tests their first Hydrogen Bomb
France tests the Canopus.
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Intermediate Nuclear Forces Tready
This tready was signed to cut both the Soviet Union, and the United States nuclear weapons stockpiles in half. This tready also ended the Cold War.
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India Fails to Detonate their first Hydrogen Bomb
They lost.
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