thermonuclear weapon

A thermonuclear weapon, fusion weapon or hydrogen bomb (H-bomb) is a second-generation nuclear weapon, utilizing nuclear fusion. The most destructive weapons ever created, their yields typically exceed first-generation nuclear weapons by twenty times, with far lower mass and volume requirements. Characteristics of fusion reactions can make possible the use of non-fissile depleted uranium as the weapon's main fuel, thus allowing more efficient use of scarce fissile material. Its multi-stage design is distinct from the usage of fusion in simpler boosted fission weapons. The first full-scale thermonuclear test was carried out by the United States in 1952, and the concept has since been employed by at least the five NPT-recognized nuclear-weapon states: the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, China, and France.

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  B28 ⓘ
  aerial unguided bomb with a thermonuclear warhead

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  B61 ⓘ
  unguided aerial bomb with a thermonuclear warhead

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  ET.317 ⓘ
  type of a hydrogen bomb

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  fission-fusion-fission bomb ⓘ
  

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  Mark 21 nuclear bomb ⓘ
  type of Thermonuclear weapon

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  Mark 27 ⓘ
  nuclear unguided aerial bomb

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  Mark 36 nuclear bomb ⓘ
  heavy high-yield United States nuclear bomb designed in the 1950s

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  RDS-37 ⓘ
  soviet hydrogen bomb first tested in 1955

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  W47 ⓘ
  American thermonuclear warhead design

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  W53 ⓘ
  American thermonuclear warhead

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  W62 ⓘ
  American thermonuclear warhead designed in the late 1960s

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  W76 ⓘ
  United States thermonuclear warhead

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  W78 ⓘ
  American thermonuclear warhead

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  W87 ⓘ
  American thermonuclear missile warhead

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  W88 ⓘ
  United States thermonuclear warhead

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  W89 ⓘ
  American thermonuclear warhead design

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  W91 ⓘ
  nuclear warhead model by the United States

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  Tsar Bomba ⓘ
  hydrogen aerial bomb tested in 1961 by the Soviet Union: most powerful nuclear weapon ever created

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  W93 ⓘ
  United States thermonuclear warhead

Frameless

NuclearCalculations2014

Detonation of a hydrogen bomb

An unknown device tested in Operation Castle.

Shrimp device tested in Castle Bravo being unloaded from a truck.

Pax Christi (PC) demonstriert im Hüttendorf 'Freie Republik Wackerland' gegen die Wiederaufarbeitungsanlage Wackersdorf (WAA) - 1985-1986

Pax Christi (PC) demonstriert in Regensburg mit einer WAA-Atombombe gegen die Wiederaufarbeitungsanlage Wackersdorf (WAA) - 1985 -

Pax Christi (PC) demonstriert in Regensburg mit einer WAA-Atombombe gegen die Wiederaufarbeitungsanlage Wackersdorf (WAA) - 1985

An unknown device tested in Operation Castle.

Airburst/surface burst thermonuclear warhead for Pershing II

Launch of Shenzhou 13, China

• The Hydrogen Bomb: 3 / Robert F. Bacher. - (05.1950) - Article from 'Scientific American', published in May 1950, Q1860
• The Hydrogen Bomb / Louis N. Ridenour. - (03.1950) - Article from 'Scientific American', published in March 1950, Q1860
• The Hydrogen Bomb: 2 / Hans A. Bethe. - (04.1950) - Article from 'Scientific American', published in April 1950, Q1860
• The Hydrogen Bomb: 4 / Ralph E. Lapp. - (06.1950) - Article from 'Scientific American', published in June 1950, Q1860

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	weapon		B28	unguided bomb, thermonuclear weapon	Wikidata
class	weapon		B61	unguided bomb, tactical nuclear weapon, thermonuclear weapon	Wikidata
class	weapon		ET.317	thermonuclear weapon	Wikidata
class	weapon		fission-fusion-fission bomb	thermonuclear weapon	Wikidata
class	weapon		Mark 21 nuclear bomb	aerial bomb, thermonuclear weapon	Wikidata
class	weapon		Mark 27	aerial bomb, unguided bomb, thermonuclear weapon	Wikidata
class	weapon		Mark 36 nuclear bomb	thermonuclear weapon	Wikidata
class	weapon		RDS-37	aerial bomb, thermonuclear weapon	Wikidata
class	weapon		W47	thermonuclear weapon	Wikidata
class	weapon		W53	thermonuclear weapon	Wikidata
class	weapon		W62	thermonuclear weapon	Wikidata
class	weapon		W76	thermonuclear weapon	Wikidata
class	weapon		W78	thermonuclear weapon	Wikidata
class	weapon		W87	thermonuclear weapon	Wikidata
class	weapon		W88	thermonuclear weapon	Wikidata
class	weapon		W89	thermonuclear weapon	Wikidata
class	weapon		W91	warhead, thermonuclear weapon	Wikidata
class	weapon	1956	Tsar Bomba	thermonuclear weapon, aerial bomb	Wikidata
class	weapon	2030	W93	nuclear warhead, thermonuclear weapon	Wikidata
commons	image		NuclearCalculations2014		Commons
commons	image		Detonation of a hydrogen bomb		Commons
commons	image		An unknown device tested in Operation Castle.		Commons
commons	image		Shrimp device tested in Castle Bravo being unloaded from a truck.		Commons
commons	image		Pax Christi (PC) demonstriert im Hüttendorf 'Freie Republik Wackerland' gegen die Wiederaufarbeitungsanlage Wackersdorf (WAA) - 1985-1986		Commons
commons	image		Pax Christi (PC) demonstriert in Regensburg mit einer WAA-Atombombe gegen die Wiederaufarbeitungsanlage Wackersdorf (WAA) - 1985 -		Commons
commons	image		Pax Christi (PC) demonstriert in Regensburg mit einer WAA-Atombombe gegen die Wiederaufarbeitungsanlage Wackersdorf (WAA) - 1985		Commons
commons	image		An unknown device tested in Operation Castle.		Commons
commons	image		Airburst/surface burst thermonuclear warhead for Pershing II		Commons
commons	image		Launch of Shenzhou 13, China		Commons