Author Topic: 50th anniverary of the H-bomb (Read 346 times)

whgates3 · « **on:** December 28, 2002, 11:22:41 AM »

...you know the 1st H-bomb, 'mike', was exploded 11/01/52, but i never heard anything about the 50th anniverary...i bet when the 50th anniverary of the 1st barbie doll rolls around we'll hear about it for weeks...of course barbie has been a lot more of a useful invention

hawk220 · « **Reply #1 on:** December 28, 2002, 12:06:34 PM »

I dunno.. looks like N Korea is planning a celebration

Animal · « **Reply #2 on:** December 28, 2002, 03:10:47 PM »

congratulations mikey!!!!

xooxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxoox

hawk220 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 28, 2002, 04:39:52 PM »

HAHA.. I was checking this thread and got the banner at the top with barbies body and neck on the bottom.

whgates3 · « **Reply #4 on:** December 28, 2002, 11:12:05 PM »

Lily Litvak!

LOL

Cherlie · « **Reply #5 on:** December 28, 2002, 11:13:20 PM »

ok I'm stupid, what is teh difference between the nagasaki bomb in 45 to a H-Bomb?

How does it work?

CB

hawk220 · « **Reply #6 on:** December 28, 2002, 11:43:29 PM »

The original atomic bomb used nuclear fission, in which big atoms (uranium or plutonium) were split into littler ones in a chain reaction, releasing vast amounts of energy. The hydrogen bomb employs nuclear fusion, in which little atoms (various forms of hydrogen) fuse together to make bigger ones (helium), essentially the same process that occurs in the sun.

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a960112b.html

Cherlie · « **Reply #7 on:** December 28, 2002, 11:46:03 PM »

OK so why don't people use the H-bomb instead of nuclear bombs?

CB

texace · « **Reply #8 on:** December 29, 2002, 12:53:17 AM »

We do...most H-Bombs have many times more explosive force than the old A-Bombs.

Look at it this way, had we dropped an H-Bomb on Hiroshima in 45, there wouldn't be anything left at all. No survivors, nothing. Ground zero would be a crater many hundreds of feet deep.

H-Bombs are being used nowadays instead of A-Bombs.