FUSION BOMB Definition & Meaning

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fusion bomb

a type of bomb in which most of the energy is provided by nuclear fusion, esp the fusion of hydrogen isotopes Also calledthermonuclear bombfission-fusion bomb See also hydrogen bomb

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Physicist Edward Teller wanted to focus their attention on building a fusion bomb.

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Such fusion bombs are far more powerful than the atomic bombs that employ nuclear fission, in which atoms are split rather than fused.

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But they did find evidence of the 1954 Castle Bravo test, a 15-megaton hydrogen fusion bomb test that obliterated three islands.

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“You get a giant fusion bomb, a hydrogen bomb going off on top of this white dwarf star,” Dr. Shara said.

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The United States military learned about the power of fusion energy the hard way, when they first tested a fusion bomb on Bikini.

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