Sentence examples for thermonuclear weapon from inspiring English sources
noun
A weapon whose power is derived from nuclear fusion at high temperature
An exploding thermonuclear weapon involves many extremely complicated, interacting physical and nuclear processes.
In contrast, the fuel in a thermonuclear weapon or ICF completely disassembles.
Second, the development of a two-stage thermonuclear weapon is very challenging.
Israeli strategists might even have been interested in developing the fission trigger for a thermonuclear weapon.
In the months that followed Truman's decision, the prospect of building a thermonuclear weapon seemed less and less likely.
Just last week, North Korea conducted a nuclear test of what it claims was a thermonuclear weapon.
Fortunately, none of the thermonuclear weapons detonated.
The following year, there was a conceptual breakthrough to develop high-performance thermonuclear weapons.
Historically, some very high-yield thermonuclear weapons had a third, or tertiary, stage.
U.S. research on thermonuclear weapons was started by a conversation in September 1941 between Fermi and Teller.
With the completion of Castle, the feasibility of lightweight, solid-fuel thermonuclear weapons was proved.
