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:IVY MIKE, specifically: [http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Tests/Ivy.html]. For technical discussions, Carey Sublette's webpage is still authoritative: [http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Nwfaq/Nfaq0.html]. You may also want to look at [[Single Integrated Operational Plan]], [[George Kistiakowsky]], and [[national means of technical verification]] for some of the politics. One interesting book is Howard Morland's ''The Secret that Exploded'', which is about his reverse engineering the design as an anti-nuclear activist.[[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 18:09, 28 May 2009 (UTC) | :IVY MIKE, specifically: [http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Tests/Ivy.html]. For technical discussions, Carey Sublette's webpage is still authoritative: [http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Nwfaq/Nfaq0.html]. You may also want to look at [[Single Integrated Operational Plan]], [[George Kistiakowsky]], and [[national means of technical verification]] for some of the politics. One interesting book is Howard Morland's ''The Secret that Exploded'', which is about his reverse engineering the design as an anti-nuclear activist.[[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 18:09, 28 May 2009 (UTC) | ||
::I looked at the first website you mentioned, it is interesting and in accord with Rhodes' description. However, I read your text differently: as I read your text the first fusion bomb was exploded on Bikini Island (not Eniwetok Atoll) and the code name of the operation was CASTLE BRAVO (not IVY). Probably Castle Bravo was the first H-bomb small enough to transport by plane and Mike was too big? Maybe it would be good if you mentioned this (if my guess is true; you doubtlessly know it).--[[User:Paul Wormer|Paul Wormer]] 07:35, 29 May 2009 (UTC) | |||
::PS I read further in Rhodes' book and found Castle Bravo. In case you don't have easy access to that book, I e-mailed you a pdf containing the pertinent page. Indeed, the "SHRIMP" (bomb exploded in the CASTLE BRAVO operation) was designed to fit in the bomb bay of a B-47. | |||
::--[[User:Paul Wormer|Paul Wormer]] 07:35, 29 May 2009 (UTC) | |||
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Howard, in a book by Rhodes (Dark Sun) I read that the first thermonuclear device was called Mike and detonated November 1, 1952 7.15 am local time. The place was Eniwetok Atoll. I was about to write this up in Edward Teller, so we better synchronize. --Paul Wormer 17:11, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
- IVY MIKE, specifically: [1]. For technical discussions, Carey Sublette's webpage is still authoritative: [2]. You may also want to look at Single Integrated Operational Plan, George Kistiakowsky, and national means of technical verification for some of the politics. One interesting book is Howard Morland's The Secret that Exploded, which is about his reverse engineering the design as an anti-nuclear activist.Howard C. Berkowitz 18:09, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
- I looked at the first website you mentioned, it is interesting and in accord with Rhodes' description. However, I read your text differently: as I read your text the first fusion bomb was exploded on Bikini Island (not Eniwetok Atoll) and the code name of the operation was CASTLE BRAVO (not IVY). Probably Castle Bravo was the first H-bomb small enough to transport by plane and Mike was too big? Maybe it would be good if you mentioned this (if my guess is true; you doubtlessly know it).--Paul Wormer 07:35, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
- PS I read further in Rhodes' book and found Castle Bravo. In case you don't have easy access to that book, I e-mailed you a pdf containing the pertinent page. Indeed, the "SHRIMP" (bomb exploded in the CASTLE BRAVO operation) was designed to fit in the bomb bay of a B-47.
- --Paul Wormer 07:35, 29 May 2009 (UTC)