Military History : Hydrogen Bomb 1952
First Hydrogen Bomb Detonated by the USA : 1952 " How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" ~ Dr. Strangelove . The United States tests the first hydrogen bomb during November at the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean . The thermonuclear bomb , codenamed Mike , was dropped on the island of Elugelab in Enewetak Atoll as a part of Operation Ivy . The island was completely destroyed in the blast which was equivalent to the force of 10 million tons of T.N.T. and the wildlife & vegetation on the surrounding islands was also demolished . The first hydrogen bomb was a two-stage fusion device designed by Edward Teller & Stanislaw Ulam . It was about 1000 times more powerful than the original atomic bomb and its successful detonation accelerated the nuclear arms race during the Cold War . In 1953, the Soviet Union would test their own version. In the same year, the United Kingdom tests its first atomic bomb in ...