hydrogen bomb

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The latter aircraft were, of course, military jets, the A-4 being a light-attack aircraft that, under the definitions of the time, could deliver a hydrogen bomb.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Teller’s explanation was likely self-serving given his later acrimonious rift with Oppenheimer over the hydrogen bomb.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2025

In the 1950s and 60s, servicemen witnessed dozens of atomic and hydrogen bomb tests and radioactive experiments in Australia and the South Pacific as part of the UK's nuclear programme.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025

If Oppenheimer had reservations about the atomic bomb, he was driven to despair over the prospect of the hydrogen bomb, or, as it was called then, the Super.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2024

Late in 1955, just after the Soviet hydrogen bomb test, the phone in the command center began to ring.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin