the first weapon ready thermonuclear bomb was tested on october 30, 1961.
the first weapon ready thermonuclear bomb was tested on october 30, 1961.
when was the first weapon ready thermonuclear bomb tested?
october 30, 1961
bullet::::- mark 10 – improved version of mk-8 (12–15 kilotons, cancelled may 1952).









































bullet::::- mark 11 – re-designed mk-8. gun-type (8–30 kilotons).









































bullet::::- mark 12 – light-weight bomb to be carried by fighter aircraft (12–14 kilotons).









































bullet::::- mark 13 – improved version of mk-6 (cancelled august 1954).









































bullet::::- tx/mark 14 – first deployable solid-fuel thermonuclear bomb (castle union device). only five produced. (5 megatons)









































bullet::::- mark 15 – first "lightweight" thermonuclear weapon. (1.7–3.8 megatons, 1955–1965)









































bullet::::- tx/mark 16 – first weaponized thermonuclear weapon (ivy mike device). only cryogenic weapon ever deployed. only five produced. (6–8 megatons)
list of nuclear weapons
others have been skeptical that it was a completely successful test of a true hydrogen bomb as north korea claimed. determining whether it is a two-stage thermonuclear bomb or a fusion-boosted fission weapon may not be possible without radionucleide emission data. the yield estimates of less than 300 kt would be lower than any other nation's first test of a fusion-primary thermonuclear device, which would typically be in the 1000 kt range, while boosted fission weapons and variable-yield nuclear devices can be as low as hundreds of tons, but are not considered true hydrogen bombs; meanwhile the largest pure-fission bomb tested was ivy king at 500 kt. an october 2 "scientific american" article said the test was "estimated to have been a 160-kiloton detonation — far below an h-bomb's capabilities." martin navias of the centre for defence studies at king's college london noted that the breakthroughs needed to get from a fission to a fusion device would have to be done by the north koreans on their own – china, russia, pakistan, and iran would not or could not help.
2017 north korean nuclear test