superbomb
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of superbomb
Example Sentences
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Dr. Wellerstein quotes Edward Teller, a main architect of the hydrogen bomb, as announcing at a 1954 meeting of the Atomic Energy Commission that his laboratory was working on two superbomb designs.
From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2021
By January 1961, when Kennedy took office, plans for a lesser superbomb had grown more detailed.
From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2021
For the present, the U.S. has no plans to explode a superbomb such as the 58-megaton device detonated by the Russians last fall.
From Time Magazine Archive
Defense Secretary Louis Johnson sent Truman a paper backing the superbomb as both technically possible and militarily vital.
From Time Magazine Archive
“The superbomb can be designed to be either relatively clean or very dirty,” Lapp wrote.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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