hydrogen bomb

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But the burst — essentially a miniature hydrogen bomb — lasted only 100 trillionths of a second.

From New York Times

In 1966, he worked with military officials to help coordinate a search for a missing hydrogen bomb off the coast of Spain, after the crash of a U.S.

From Washington Post

Asked for an example of a government secret that would justify a prior restraint, he posited, presciently as it turned out, one in which “the hydrogen bomb turns up.”

From New York Times

Sakharov is sometimes called the father of the hydrogen bomb, as he was a brilliant young physicist on the small team of scientists who in the 1950s developed this powerful unconventional weapon.

From Washington Post

Then the North tested a hydrogen bomb and three intercontinental ballistic missiles.

From New York Times