mar 4, 1952 - H Bomb
Description:
The United States detonates the world’s first thermonuclear weapon, the hydrogen bomb, on Eniwetok atoll in the Pacific. Following the successful Soviet detonation of an atomic device in September 1949, the United States accelerated its program to develop the next stage in atomic weaponry, a thermonuclear bomb. The hydrogen bomb, this new weapon was approximately 1,000 times more powerful than conventional nuclear devices.-AJAdded to timeline:
Date:
mar 4, 1952
Now
~ 73 years ago