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1950 for two main reasons:
- USSR 1949 test shot
- Development of Teller-Ulam configuration, which appeared to actually be able to work (all Teller's earlier designs were impractical or unworkable)
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When did American interests in developing a hydrogen bomb intensify?
By 1953, the United States and the Soviet Union had developed both the atomic bomb and the hydrogen bomb, or H-bomb. So now that that has happened the United States wanted to have more interests in developing a hydrogen bomb and that's how it intensified.
What is another name for fusion bomb?
hydrogen bomb, or a nuclear bomb
What type of bomb replaced the atom bomb as the new weapon of mass destruction after World War 2?
Hydrogen bomb
Was the hydrogen bomb used in a war?
no but it was almost in Vietnam
When the nuke was made?
The first atomic bomb was made in 1945, the first hydrogen bomb was made in 1952.
What event intensified American interest in developing a hydrogen bomb?
The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb in 1949, President Truman had to make a terrible decision-- whether to develop an even more horrifying weapon- Hydrogen bomb
When did American interests in developing a hydrogen bomb intensify?
By 1953, the United States and the Soviet Union had developed both the atomic bomb and the hydrogen bomb, or H-bomb. So now that that has happened the United States wanted to have more interests in developing a hydrogen bomb and that's how it intensified.
What did the development of the atomic bomb in 1949 contribute to?
The cold war intensified when the USSR tested their bomb in 1949.
Which is more destructive a nuclear bomb or a hydrogen bomb?
the hydrogen bomb, is a nuclear bomb
What is degree of destroy that hydrogen bomb can do?
What size of Hydrogen Bomb? How many megatons? the biggest size of hydrogen bomb can done ...........
What is the different between atomic bomb and hydrogen bombs?
A hydrogen bomb is an atom bomb; just one that uses hydrogen.
What bomb was made after the A-bomb?
The Hydrogen bomb.
What bomb was invented after the a-bomb?
The Hydrogen Bomb .
What is an h-bomb?
hydrogen bomb
Who was using the hydrogen bomb?
the hydrogen bomb has never been used in war
What was hydrogen bomb?
A bomb that splits a hydrogen atom, which literally explodes the air.
What is the most giant hydrogen bomb?
The 50 Megaton "Tsar Bomba" hydrogen bomb tested by the USSR in 1961 is the strongest hydrogen bomb ever detonated. The 10 Megaton "Ivy Mike" hydrogen bomb tested by the U.S. in 1952 is the physically largest hydrogen bomb ever detonated.
