Hydrogen bombs

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• Palomares hydrogen bombs incident — Infobox Aircraft incident caption = The B28RI nuclear bomb, recovered from 2,850 feet (869 m) of water, on the deck of the USS Petrel . date = January 17, 1966 type = Mid air collision site = over the Mediterranean Sea total fatalities = 7 total… …   Wikipedia

• hydrogen bomb — hydrogen bombs N COUNT A hydrogen bomb is a nuclear bomb in which energy is released from hydrogen atoms …   English dictionary

• Hydrogen — This article is about the chemistry of hydrogen. For the physics of atomic hydrogen, see Hydrogen atom. For other meanings, see Hydrogen (disambiguation). ← hydrogen → helium …   Wikipedia

• hydrogen bomb — a bomb, more powerful than an atomic bomb, that derives its explosive energy from the thermonuclear fusion reaction of hydrogen isotopes. Also called H bomb, fusion bomb, thermonuclear bomb. [1945 50] * * * or H bomb or thermonuclear bomb Weapon… …   Universalium

• hydrogen bomb — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms hydrogen bomb : singular hydrogen bomb plural hydrogen bombs an extremely powerful type of nuclear bomb …   English dictionary

• Hydrogen peroxide — IUPAC name …   Wikipedia

• hydrogen bomb — noun a nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of light (hydrogen) nuclei at high temperatures to form helium • Syn: ↑H bomb, ↑fusion bomb, ↑thermonuclear bomb • Hypernyms: ↑nuclear weapon, ↑atomic weapon, ↑bomb …   Useful english dictionary

• Hydrogen bomb —    Known as the H bomb or super bomb, the hydrogen bomb was a development in thermonuclear weaponry that relied on fusion rather than the fission used in the atomic bomb and was a thousand times more powerful than original nuclear bombs. Although …   Historical Dictionary of the Roosevelt–Truman Era

• List of bombs — For a rather exhaustive international list of individual nuclear weapons and models see List of nuclear weapons Types of conventional bombs: *Bouncing bomb *Bunker buster (can be nuclear) *Car bomb *Cluster bomb *Flour bomb (made with flour)… …   Wikipedia

• Nuclear weapon design — The first nuclear weapons, though large, cumbersome and inefficient, provided the basic design building blocks of all future weapons. Here the Gadget device is prepared for the first nuclear test: Trinity. Nuclear weapon designs are physical,… …   Wikipedia

• nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei. [1945 50] * * * or atomic weapon or thermonuclear weapon Bomb or other warhead that derives its force …   Universalium