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...[[United States intelligence community]]; nuclear physicist involved in [[fusion device|thermonuclear weapon]] design

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In the development of [[fusion device|thermonuclear weapon]]s, the first technique considered was surrounding a [

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:::IVY MIKE, as you surmise, was the first test of what I call a fusion device rather than a fusion bomb. It both was far too large to get into an aircraf ...you include your above answer in the article? The title of the article is fusion device, not fusion bomb, so IVY MIKE is covered by the title.--[[User:Paul Wormer|

...l verification, with a prototype (Ivy Mike), of the Teller-Ulam design for fusion device|fusion weapons, and also of a backup using an exceptionally high-yield fiss ...= http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Tests/Ivy.html}}</ref> A weaponized fusion device would be demonstrated two years later at Operation Castle.

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A '''fusion device''' is any assembly of components that can produce an explosion from nuclear This article describes the general principles of a '''fusion device''', also called a '''thermonuclear weapon''', '''hydrogen bomb''', or simpl

'''W87''' fusion device|thermonuclear weapons are the current warheads on LGM-30 Minuteman|LGM-30 M

...a tritium-boosted fission Primary will be more effective in initiating a [[fusion device|fusion Secondary]]. While boosting itself produces only a slight additional

...52.JPG|right|250px|10.4 Mt of TNT equivalent, "Mike" surface test of first fusion device. Enewetak Atoll,Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean, October 31, 1952.}}

...]], is the starting material to generate [[tritium]] in the Secondary of [[fusion device|operational thermonuclear weapons]].<ref>{{citation

The fusion of nuclei is an [[energy]] source, as is witnessed by the [[fusion device|hydrogen bomb]]. A number of nuclei fuse together in an exploding hydrogen

...[[H-bomb]]s). Thermonuclear weapons are based on the energy released by [[Fusion device|nuclear fusion]] reactions or, more simply, the fusion of atoms.

...erations, had names, but the individual weapons did not -- well, the first fusion device was called Mike, but the operation was CASTLE BRAVO. [[User:Howard C. Berko