thermonuclear bomb


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thermonuclear bomb

n
(Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) another name for fusion bomb
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Noun1.thermonuclear bomb - a nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of light (hydrogen) nuclei at high temperatures to form helium
bomb - an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
atomic weapon, nuclear weapon - a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction
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A specially modified Tu--95 dropped the world's most powerful thermonuclear bomb, the Tsar Bomba (King Bomb), during a 1961 test over Novaya Zemlya in the Soviet Arctic.
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Witnessing the explosion of a thermonuclear bomb over Christmas Island in 1958 would burn itself forever into the memory of John Michael Smith.
It could carry one thermonuclear bomb or up to twenty one 1000lb high explosive bombs.
Schoenfeld sensibly observes that if the threat is grave enough, like the publication of information that would make it easier for a hostile nation or terrorist group to build a thermonuclear bomb, even a small likelihood of real world consequences would be intolerable.
1957: Britain exploded the first British thermonuclear bomb in megaton range at Christmas Island in the Central Pacific.