thermonuclear bomb
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Stalin’s behavior, and an unfortunate leak from a highly placed senator, drove Truman to authorize work on “the Super,” a thermonuclear bomb hundreds of times more powerful than the one that leveled Hiroshima.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
The F-35A Lightning II jets stationed at the base have successfully been flight tested to carry the short-range B61-12 thermonuclear bomb, a tactical weapon designed for the battlefield.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025
One big challenge: Jackson needed to construct physical visualizations of subatomic activity leading up to the world’s first thermonuclear bomb explosion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
The site had been inactive since hosting the country’s sixth nuclear test in September 2017, when it claimed it detonated a thermonuclear bomb designed for its ICBMs.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2022
As far as he knew, the American program for the Super, the thermonuclear bomb, had stagnated.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
