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Title: History Of The Day - Ivy Mike: First Successful Test of a Hydrogen Bomb (1952)
Post by: TFD on Nov 01, 2013, 05:31 AM
Years before the atomic bomb was developed, Edward Teller, Enrico Fermi, and other American nuclear physicists set their sights on developing a weapon with even greater destructive potential—the hydrogen bomb. Their designs would not be realized, however, until after the development of the A-bomb, which is needed to generate the temperatures required to initiate H-bombs' fusion reactions. How did Teller, thousands of miles away during the "Ivy Mike" test, know almost immediately of its success? Discuss (http://forum.thefreedictionary.com/postst46372_Harry-Houdini-Makes-His-Final-Escape--1926-.aspx)