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Re:In the summer of 1962, the U.S. blew up a hydrogen bomb i... by saalweachter on Friday June 30, 2017 @03:07PM (#14672993)
That's honestly the less important part. Even if the atmosphere were pure hydrogen (whether protium or deuterium or tritium) you would not build a hydrogen bomb without its own encapsulated hydrogen fuel source.

The black magic of a hydrogen bomb is that it focuses the explosive energy of a fission bomb to ignite a fusion explosion. Doing so requires a very specific configuration; any hydrogen on the outside of the bomb, regardless of its concentration, would not reach the appropriate temperature/pressure to fuse.

Re:In the summer of 1962, the U.S. blew up a hydrogen bomb i... by dboreham on Saturday July 01, 2017 @09:23AM (#14677002)
Yes but that part needs a 10th grade understanding of science.