pbsthisdayinhistory: November 1, 1952: First H-Bomb is Tested Sixty years ago today, “Ivy Mike,” the first hydrogen bomb, was tested on an atoll in the Pacific. Explore American Experience’s nuclear bomb timeline, which takes you through the race for the “superbomb” from its initial research phase in 1941 through the Limited Nuclear Ban Treaty in 1963.

pbsthisdayinhistory:

November 1, 1952: First H-Bomb is Tested

Sixty years ago today, “Ivy Mike,” the first hydrogen bomb, was tested on an atoll in the Pacific.

Explore American Experience’s nuclear bomb timeline, which takes you through the race for the “superbomb” from its initial research phase in 1941 through the Limited Nuclear Ban Treaty in 1963.

(via pbstv)

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