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Surely the first hydrogen bomb was constructed in 1952, not 1958?

• caf 11y ago
  Yes, Ivy Mike was in 1952.
  • allep 11y ago
    depends on the definition of bomb: Ivy Mike was not a weapon, was a nuclear device, as big as a building
    • arethuza 11y ago
      The Ivy Mike "Sausage" was big but it didn't fill the entire building - there was a lot of instrumentation for that test. There was actually a weaponized version of the Ivy Mike Sausage planned which was cancelled when they found out how to make "dry" bombs using lithium deuteride. You can see the Sausage in the pics on the Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Mike https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Mike
      • allep 11y ago
        that's the point, was not a weaponized device, does not mean it did not go boom.