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Re:In the summer of 1962, the U.S. blew up a hydrogen bomb i... by lb1lf on Friday June 30, 2017 @02:15PM (#14672630)
A H-bomb is a BYOH (Bring Your Own Hydrogen) device - the weapon includes a helping of deuterium (hydrogen with an extra neutron).

The fusion reaction requires an awful lot of energy to get going, so it basically uses a fission bomb as a detonator.

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