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USA detonates first Hydrogen Bomb
USA became the first nation to detonate an H-bomb when invenotrs like Eward Teller tested it in Eniwetok atoll in the Pacific Ocean. Although it gave the USA an advantage in the Cold war, some openly opposed the idea, such as J. Robert Oppenheimer. As the director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Teller was a huge part of the creation of the hydrogen bomb . -
USSR Detonates Hydrogen Bomb
Russia retaliates by creating the first Soviet H-bomb with the help of Tamm and Sakharov. It was detonated at the Semipalatinsk Test Site, Kazakhstan. -
The Soviet Superbomb Test
At the Semipalatinsk Test Site, Kazakhsta, the Soviet Union became the first nation in the world to air drop a fusion bomb. It was said to be the "True H-Bomb" test. -
First US airdrop of H-bomb
Edward Teller, with the help of William Lawrence, conducted the first US airdrop of an explosive H-bomb above Namu Island in the Pacific Ocean. Teller had the initial idea of the thermonuclear bomb. -
British Hydrogen Bomb- Operation Grapple
The United Kingdom became the third nation to detonate a hydrogen bomb when they began Operation Grapple in which 9 nuclear weapons were tested. All of them were conducted in the Line Islands. The operation lasted until September 1958. -
Tsar Bomba
The Soviet Union's "Emperor Bomb" was the most powerful nuclear weapon ever to be detonated when tested in Novaya Zemlya archipelago, at Sukhoy Nos. It was the only bomb of its type to ever
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China detonates Hydrogen bomb
China felt threatened by the USSR's advancements and decided to create their own hyrdogen bomb. They became the fourth country to produce an H-bomb. The explosion was successfully conducted in Malan, Xinjiang. -
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
International treaty initially signed by the USA, United Kingdom, China, France and Russia to stop the spread of nuclear weapons.
