nov 1, 1952 - U.S. Tests First Hydrogen Bomb

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The United States tested its first thermonuclear device on the island of Elugelab in the Marshall Islands, 3000 miles west of Hawaii.

The fireball it created was 3 miles wide and reached a height of 120,000 feet. The mushroom cloud that followed was 100 miles wide. The explosion was 10 megatons, which meant it was over 700 times larger than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The island was destroyed, and the crater that was left was a mile wide and 160 feet deep.

Source:
“The Island Is Missing!” Www.army.mil, https://www.army.mil/article/47341/the_island_is_missing

- Beckerman

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