Because they could.
Nuclear weapons rely on nuclear fission to release energy, while thermonuclear weapons (hydrogen bombs) use both nuclear fusion and fission reactions to generate a much more powerful explosion. Thermonuclear weapons are considered more destructive and have the capability to produce significantly larger explosions than traditional nuclear weapons.
The thermonuclear reaction in the sun produces vast amounts of energy through the fusion of hydrogen atoms.
Thermonuclear weapons, also known as hydrogen bombs, are the most powerful and destructive nuclear weapons. They rely on a two-stage process involving the fusion of isotopes of hydrogen to release immense amounts of energy. These weapons can produce explosions with yields in the megaton range, causing catastrophic damage over a wide area.
No, a particle accelerator cannot give you superpowers.
No, Canada does not possess nuclear weapons. Canada is a party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and has opted not to develop or possess atomic bombs.
Nuclear weapons rely on nuclear fission to release energy, while thermonuclear weapons (hydrogen bombs) use both nuclear fusion and fission reactions to generate a much more powerful explosion. Thermonuclear weapons are considered more destructive and have the capability to produce significantly larger explosions than traditional nuclear weapons.
Thermonuclear warfare is the use of nuclear weapons in war, either tactically or strategically. Although the term "thermonuclear" technically applies only to the process of fusion, the term is loosely applied to conflict involving fission weapons, fusion weapons, or both (informal synonyms are "atomic war" or "nuclear war").
Thermonuclear weapons.
The most well known is probably the hydrogen bomb.
Based on weapons stockpiles, there was mutually assured destruction if the two superpowers went to war
Cold War
To limit the supply of nuclear weapons made and owned by superpowers.
To limit the supply of nuclear weapons made and owned by superpowers.
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Some famous implode systems include but are not limited to nuclear weapon design, pure fission weapons, boosted fission weapons, two-stage thermonuclear weapons and pure fusion weapons to name some.
The US did not want to risk a nuclear confrontation with the communist superpowers.
"Thermonuclear" is a term derived from the science of physics, and was not developed by any one person, to describe a type of weapon and the type of war the use of such a weapon would create. All the ready-to-fire nuclear weapons in the world today are thermonuclear weapons -- there is no difference.Therefore the type of 'war' their use would create would be no different.Also, there is no such thing as a 'conventional nuclear war'; the term makes no sense whatsoever. Conventionalmeans non-nuclear conflict (tanks, planes, men, etc.), nuclear means use of nuclear weapons. The moment a conventional war escalates to the use of nuclear weapons, it ceases to be conventional.So remember, thermonuclear war is the same as nuclear war; they do not differ.