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Never, there has never been nuclear tests of any kind on Easter Island.
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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.
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.
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.
Why did the US drop a hydrogen bomb on the Marshal Islands?
Some 43 nuclear tests were detonated at Enewetak from 1948 to 1958. The first hydrogen bomb test, code-named Mike, was tested on November 1, 1952. The explosion vaporized the island of Elugelab. This was done for testing.
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.
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.
What was the significance of the US test the first hydrogen bomb?
that we knew how to build one
When did the US efforts to develop a hydrogen bomb intensify?
1949 thru 1950 prompted by USSR atomic bomb test.
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.
What are arguments for and against the h bombings?
The H-bomb, or Hydrogen bomb, is a fusion bomb and has never been used except for test explosions. There have been no "h bombings."
From around World War 2. What is mission Bravo?
The A-bomb test on Bikini Island. The test was on March1,1954.
Where did the us test the first hydrogen bomb?
The first hydrogen bomb test, Ivy Mike, was detonated on Eugelab island of Eniwetok atoll. The device, called the Sausage, was purely experimental and far too big and heavy to be deliverable by any bomber; at 80 feet tall, 20 feet in diameter, with 2 foot thick steel walls. The explosion completely erased Eugelab, leaving in its place an underwater crater.
