H-Bomb

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The H bomb was a big step in the increase and power in nuclear bombs. Created in 1951 by Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam as a weapon for theUSto use in the event of an attack on their country. Although other countries were creating similar bombs at the same time theUSwas officially the first to test the bomb. ======

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 The weapon was derived by using large portion of energy from the nuclear fusion of [|hydrogen] isotopes, this power is so strong and heat is so intense it vaporizes everything into gas form where the bomb is dropped. So small, the bomb can be fit into thewarhead of a ballistic missile. ======

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The very first bomb exploded by the Americans in Enewetak Atoll of the South Pacific, at 7.15 am local time on November 1st 1952.This bomb was so powerful it couldn’t compare to atomic bombs like Hiroshima, in fact it surpassed the power by 500x. ======

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Spreading 8 miles wide, 27 miles high, the massive mushroom shaped cloud traveled after the explosion. A massive 80 million tones of earth vaporized instantly and then radioactive rain began to fall to the earth. ======

Picture of the First H bomb References- Ms. Martin,Infoplease.com and wikipedia