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Greenhouse George: The Shift in the World's Path

Explore the development of the hydrogen bomb and its impact on global politics and warfare. Learn about Greenhouse George, a 10.4 MTonne fusion bomb that changed the course of history. Discover the potential dangers and implications of unlimited bomb power.

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Greenhouse George: The Shift in the World's Path

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  1. Greenhouse George Before the Shot

  2. Greenhouse George Fireball

  3. Greenhouse George 225 ktonne, 11 times Nagasaki May 1951

  4. “It is my judgement in these things that when you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only after you have had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb.” Robert Oppenheimer, June 1951

  5. First large (10.4 MTonne) U.S. Fusion Bomb

  6. PRIMARY REACTIONS IN THE HYDROGEN BOMB

  7. Multi-stage bomb As many stage as desired can be added. There is no limit.

  8. Before After

  9. Nagasaki size bomb over Manhattan 20 kTonne Mike size bomb over Manhattan 10.4 MTonne

  10. a moment when the course of the world suddenly shifted from the path it had been on to a more dangerous one. Fission bombs, destructive as they might have been, were thought of as being limited in power. Now, it seemed, we had learned how to brush even those limits aside and to build bombs whose power was boundless. Herbert York. Director Livermore National Laboratory

  11. This would be a deterrent - but if the contest to maintain this relative position should have to continue indefinitely, the cost would either drive us to war - or into some form of dictatorial government. In such circumstances, we would be forced to consider whether or not our duty to future generations did not require us to initiate war at the most propitious moment that we could designate. Dwight Eisenhower

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