Fission Weapons

As powerful as the first fission weapons were, the scientists who developed them went to work almost immediately after their first use in creating an even more powerful type of weapon that utilized a different nuclear process to create a far more destructive explosion. In 1952, American scientists tested the first hydrogen bomb, and the Soviet Union tested one the following year. Back to Content https://myclassroom.apus.edu/d2l/le/enhancedSequenceViewer/116464/backToContent BIDS(78)