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What was the significance of the US test the first hydrogen bomb?
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that we knew how to build one
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When did China exploded its first nuclear bomb?
China's first nuclear test took place in 1964 and first hydrogen bomb test occurred in 1967.
Why was the first hydrogen bomb unusable?
The first test of a fusion (hydrogen) bomb required tons of equipment and supplies just to test several theories. There would be no way to package all of that into an air-deliverable bomb, or mashed up into the nosecone of a missile. Once the theories were proven, or failed, improvements were made and miniaturization, that then allowed the hydrogen bomb to be deliverable.
What was the name of the test series that involved the first H-bomb Mike?
Ivy.There were 2 tests in this series:Mike - first test of Teller-Ulam configuration hydrogen bomb design, 10 to 12 megatonsKing - test of highest yield pure fission atomic bomb design. 500 kilotons
When was the hydrogen bomb dropped?
A hydrogen bomb was not dropped on Japan. It was dropped years later as a test and to determine how it acted in comparison to the plutonium and uranium bombs.
Was the atomic bomb enable to sunk an island?
No.However the first US hydrogen bomb test Ivy Mikecompletely destroyed an island (Eugelab in Enewetak Atoll), turning it into a crater.
President Truman responded to the first successful soviet test of an atomic device by?
authorizing full-scale work on the hydrogen bomb. :]
In which Australian state did the british test hydrogen bomb?
The British tested the hydrogen bomb at Marilinga. There may have been more sites. See the attached link below.
When did Russia make their first atom bomb?
The first Soviet test of a hydrogen bomb, took place on a tower on August 12, 1953. It used a layer-cake design of alternating fission and fusion fuels (uranium-235 and lithium-6 deuteride) and produced a yield of 400 kilotons, mostly from fusion-neutron-initiated fission rather than fusion. This device however was not what is now considered a hydrogen bomb, instead it would be called a boosted fission bomb. However it was the first bomb using nuclear fusion that was small enough and light enough to be deliverable by bomber. The first Soviet test of a "true" hydrogen bomb was airdropped and produced a yield of 1.6 megatons on November 22, 1955. This was the world's first actual airdropped fusion bomb.
When did the US efforts to develop a hydrogen bomb intensify?
1949 thru 1950 prompted by USSR atomic bomb test.
Which island was used to test the hydrogen bomb?
The first hydrogen bomb test was Ivy Mike on the island of Eugelab in Eniwetok atoll. The device was a cylinder 80 feet tall and 20 feet in diameter weighing over 500 tons. The yield was 10 megatons. Eugelab ceased to be an island and became a water filled crater. This crater was later used for other lower yield hydrogen bomb tests in other series.
What is the result of the hydrogen bomb testing in 1950?
There were no nuclear tests in 1950 of either atomic fission or hydrogen fusion bombs.The first hydrogen fusion bomb tests were in 1951 in Operation Greenhouse and none of the devices were an actual hydrogen bomb. "Item" was a prototype tritium gas boosted fission bomb, "George" was a deuterium fusion ignition test with well over 95% of its yield the fission primary, and "Easy" and "Dog" were MK-5 and MK-6 atomic bomb design improvement verification tests.
The test location for the first atomic bomb was?
The test location of the first atomic bomb was located in California as it was known as the Manhattan Project.
