U.S. thermonuclear weapons program
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The U.S. thermonuclear weapons program was the Cold War-era American effort to design, test, and deploy hydrogen bombs and other advanced nuclear weapons, fundamentally shaping global nuclear strategy and arms races.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military research and development program
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nuclear weapons program → |
| administeredBy |
United States Atomic Energy Commission
→
United States Department of Defense → |
| associatedWithPolicy |
flexible response
→
massive retaliation → |
| country |
United States
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| developedWeapon |
B41 nuclear bomb
→
B53 nuclear bomb NERFINISHED → B83 nuclear bomb NERFINISHED → Mark 17 thermonuclear bomb → Teller–Ulam design → W47 warhead → W76 warhead NERFINISHED → W78 warhead NERFINISHED → W87 warhead NERFINISHED → W88 warhead → |
| era |
Cold War
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| focusesOn |
hydrogen bombs
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thermonuclear weapons → |
| influenced |
NATO nuclear strategy
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U.S. ballistic missile submarines → U.S. strategic bomber force → global nuclear arms race → intercontinental ballistic missile development → |
| keyFigure |
Edward Teller
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Ernest Lawrence NERFINISHED → Hans Bethe NERFINISHED → J. Robert Oppenheimer → Lewis Strauss → Stanislaw Ulam NERFINISHED → |
| motivatedBy |
Soviet thermonuclear weapons program
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| partOf |
U.S. nuclear weapons program
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| relatedTreaty |
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
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Partial Test Ban Treaty → Strategic Arms Limitation Talks → Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty → |
| researchInstitution |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
NERFINISHED
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Los Alamos National Laboratory NERFINISHED → Sandia National Laboratories NERFINISHED → |
| significantEvent |
Ivy Mike test
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| significantEventDate |
1952-11-01
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| startPeriod |
late 1940s
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| strategicRole |
mutually assured destruction
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nuclear deterrence → second-strike capability → |
| subjectOfDebate |
civilian control of nuclear weapons
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moral implications of thermonuclear war → |
| testSite |
Bikini Atoll
NERFINISHED
→
Enewetak Atoll NERFINISHED → Nevada Test Site → |
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Edward Teller
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influenced |
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US–UK MDA
("United States nuclear weapons programme")
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relatedTo |
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Enewetak Atoll
("Operation Greenhouse")
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testSeriesConducted |