"Ivy Mike" was detonated November 1, 1952.
Mike was not dropped, at 80 tons not counting the Hydrogen Liquefaction Plant used to keep it cool, it was much to heavy for any aircraft to carry.
The first one actually dropped was probably in the 1956 test series 4 years later. I don't immediately recall the codename.
November 1, 1952 was the day of the first H bomb being dropped in the Pacific. It was dropped at Enewatek Atoll.
The USA Were The First People To Develop The 'H' Bomb And USSR (russia) Were The People Who Developed The Atom Bomb... x
Physicist Edward Teller is often called the "Father of the H-bomb", but he wasn't working alone.
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Lithium-7 was found in the debris from the first H-bomb explosion, known as Ivy Mike, which took place in 1952.
It isn't really. Everyone was in a race to build it. The great fear was Hitler would have it first.
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The H in H-Bomb stands for Hydrogen.
The discovery in the ashes of the first H-bomb was the element einsteinium. This element was created during the nuclear fusion reactions that occurred in the bomb. Einsteinium is a synthetic element named after physicist Albert Einstein.
Post WWII, Russians tested a hydrogen bomb. It was first deployed in 1960.
1952 Enewetak in the Pacific.