[gaijin]

an a-bomb involved fission only.

an h-bomb involves fission first, and a femtosecond later, a fusion reaction and chain-reaction, making for a bomb 1,000 times stronger than an a-bomb. Technically it’s two explosions.

We dropped two a-bombs on Japan, no h-bombs.

[jcon40]

Oops

[headstamp 2]

Slip Mahoney said the H-bomb was invented by a guy named, Hydrogen.