Ivy Mike

E387808

United States nuclear weapons test nuclear weapons test thermonuclear test

Ivy Mike was the first successful full-scale test of a thermonuclear (hydrogen) bomb conducted by the United States in 1952.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ivy Mike canonical	5
Ivy Mike test	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States nuclear weapons test ⓘ nuclear weapons test ⓘ thermonuclear test ⓘ
codeName	Mike ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
craterDepth	about 50 meters ⓘ
craterDiameter	about 1.9 kilometers ⓘ
date	1952-11-01 ⓘ
delivery	non-deliverable experimental device ⓘ
demonstrated	practicality of staged thermonuclear weapons ⓘ
design	Teller–Ulam design ⓘ
destroyed	Elugelab island NERFINISHED ⓘ
deviceType	hydrogen bomb ⓘ thermonuclear bomb ⓘ
fallout	significant radioactive fallout ⓘ
followedBy	Castle Bravo ⓘ
impact	accelerated development of deployable hydrogen bombs ⓘ
included	fission primary stage ⓘ fusion secondary stage ⓘ
location	Enewetak Atoll NERFINISHED ⓘ Marshall Islands ⓘ
massCharacteristic	very large cryogenic device ⓘ
operationCodeName	Ivy ⓘ
operator	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
partOf	Operation Ivy ⓘ
precededBy	earlier fission bomb tests ⓘ
primaryFuel	deuterium ⓘ liquid deuterium ⓘ
purpose	proof-of-concept thermonuclear device test ⓘ
radiochemicalTracer	uranium-238 tamper ⓘ
region	Pacific Proving Grounds ⓘ
relatedTo	Cold War ⓘ Cold War ⓘ surface form: United States–Soviet nuclear arms race
significance	first full-scale thermonuclear device test ⓘ first successful hydrogen bomb test by the United States ⓘ
site	Elugelab ⓘ
testedBy	Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
testSeries	Operation Ivy ⓘ
testTime	07:15 local time ⓘ
testType	atmospheric nuclear test ⓘ surface burst ⓘ
usedCryogenics	true ⓘ
year	1952 ⓘ
yield	10.4 megatons of TNT ⓘ
yieldClass	megaton-range ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Teller–Ulam design → firstTestedIn → Ivy Mike ⓘ

U.S. thermonuclear weapons program → significantEvent → Ivy Mike ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ivy Mike test

Operation Ivy → includesTest → Ivy Mike ⓘ

Eniwetok atoll region → notableTest → Ivy Mike ⓘ

subject surface form: Eniwetok Atoll

Pacific Proving Grounds → notableTest → Ivy Mike ⓘ

Pacific Proving Grounds → firstThermonuclearTest → Ivy Mike ⓘ