North Korea's Deadly Weapon: What is a Hydrogen Bomb and How Much Damage Could It Do? Published Sep 03, 2017 at 7:52 AM EDT ...

North Korea officials claim to have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb versus the atomic bomb, something the United States says is highly unlikely.

A hydrogen bomb has never been used in battle by any country, but experts say it has the power to wipe out entire cities and kill significantly more people than the already powerful atomic bomb ...

NORTH KOREA claims to have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb for the first time in a move that alarmed the world.

What is a hydrogen bomb? A look at the latest potential threat from North Korea The US first tested the weapon in 1952, and the USSR followed a year later.

Hydrogen bombs use nuclear fusion, in which atoms fuse together, to release even greater amounts of energy. The two-stage process is often referred to as a thermonuclear reaction.

The first hydrogen bomb was prepared by the Atomic Energy Commission and the Defense Department aboard a naval ship heading toward Eniwetok.

Richard L. Garwin, an architect of America’s hydrogen bomb, who shaped defense policies for postwar governments and laid the groundwork for insights into the structure of the universe as well as ...

NORTH KOREA claims to have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb for the first time in a move that alarmed the world.