U.S. thermonuclear weapons program

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military research and development program nuclear weapons program

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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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Operation Greenhouse 1
U.S. thermonuclear weapons program canonical 1
United States nuclear weapons programme 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military research and development program ⓘ
nuclear weapons program ⓘ
administeredBy United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Defense
associatedWithPolicy flexible response ⓘ
massive retaliation ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developedWeapon B41 nuclear bomb ⓘ
B53 nuclear bomb ⓘ
B83 nuclear bomb ⓘ
Mark 17 thermonuclear bomb ⓘ
Teller–Ulam design ⓘ
W47 warhead ⓘ
W76 thermonuclear warhead ⓘ
surface form: W76 warhead

W78 warhead ⓘ
W87 warhead ⓘ
W88 thermonuclear warhead ⓘ
surface form: W88 warhead
era Cold War ⓘ
focusesOn hydrogen bombs ⓘ
thermonuclear weapons ⓘ
influenced Nuclear posture of NATO ⓘ
surface form: NATO nuclear strategy

Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine ⓘ
surface form: U.S. ballistic missile submarines

U.S. strategic bomber force ⓘ
global nuclear arms race ⓘ
intercontinental ballistic missile development ⓘ
keyFigure Edward Teller ⓘ
Ernest O. Lawrence ⓘ
surface form: Ernest Lawrence

Hans Bethe ⓘ
J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ
Lewis L. Strauss ⓘ
surface form: Lewis Strauss

Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ
motivatedBy Soviet thermonuclear weapons program ⓘ
partOf U.S. nuclear weapons program ⓘ
relatedTreaty Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ⓘ
Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ⓘ
surface form: Partial Test Ban Treaty

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) ⓘ
surface form: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty ⓘ
researchInstitution Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ⓘ
Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ
surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Sandia National Laboratories ⓘ
significantEvent Ivy Mike ⓘ
surface form: Ivy Mike test
significantEventDate 1952-11-01 ⓘ
startPeriod late 1940s ⓘ
strategicRole mutually assured destruction ⓘ
nuclear deterrence ⓘ
second-strike capability ⓘ
subjectOfDebate civilian control of nuclear weapons ⓘ
moral implications of thermonuclear war ⓘ
testSite Bikini Atoll ⓘ
Enewetak Atoll ⓘ
Nevada National Security Site ⓘ
surface form: Nevada Test Site

Referenced by (4)

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

Edward Teller → influenced → U.S. thermonuclear weapons program ⓘ
US–UK MDA → relatedTo → U.S. thermonuclear weapons program ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States nuclear weapons programme
Enewetak Atoll → testSeriesConducted → U.S. thermonuclear weapons program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Operation Greenhouse
Soviet thermonuclear weapons program → opposedBy → U.S. thermonuclear weapons program ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States thermonuclear weapons program