answersLogoWhite

0

1950 for two main reasons:

  1. USSR 1949 test shot
  2. Development of Teller-Ulam configuration, which appeared to actually be able to work (all Teller's earlier designs were impractical or unworkable)
User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

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.


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 bomb was made after the A-bomb?

The Hydrogen bomb.


What bomb was invented after the a-bomb?

The Hydrogen Bomb .


Which is more destructive a nuclear bomb or a hydrogen bomb?

A hydrogen bomb (thermonuclear bomb) is more destructive than a regular nuclear bomb (fission bomb). Hydrogen bombs release much larger amounts of energy and have the potential to create significantly more devastation and damage.


What is an h-bomb?

hydrogen bomb


What was hydrogen bomb?

A bomb that splits a hydrogen atom, which literally explodes the air.


Who was using the hydrogen bomb?

the hydrogen bomb has never been used in war


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.


What is used as a trigger in a hydrogen bomb?

A traditional nuclear fission bomb is used as a trigger in a hydrogen bomb. The explosion from the fission bomb generates the high temperatures and pressures needed to initiate the fusion reaction in the hydrogen bomb.