The thermonuclear bomb and its history

If at one time the thermonuclear bomb was not invented, the world states would have fought with each other in vain. Thanks to the creation of this awesome weapon, humanity at the same time protected itself from major military conflicts, and gave itself the opportunity of total self-destruction.

Developments in this field began immediately after the discovery of the possibility of the existence of controlled nuclear fusion. Then, of course, none of the scientists could imagine what the newest invention of a military machine could aim at . But the order to create a thermonuclear weapon was delivered promptly and clearly. Scientists, of course, did not dare to say too much, so they set to work.

And it went quickly - the first working nuclear reactor was put into operation just before the new, 1943, year. It happened in the US, and not in Nazi Germany, whose government, by the way, saw its supposed victory in the war in the halo of such a rare phenomenon at that time, as a thermonuclear explosion. However, Hitler's supporters did not succeed in realizing their plans: German scientists did not have the required volume of enriched uranium, which is simply vital for the operation of the reactor. The shortage was discovered a month and a half before the May surrender, which meant that engineers would not have time to produce fuel under any conditions. Eventually, German scientists, together with their reactor, left for the United States, where they continued their research, but already under the supervision of local special services.

Already in early August 1945, a thermonuclear bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, the same "gift" from the US received and the city of Nagasaki. Due to the explosions and the influence of radiation, several hundred thousand civilians died and died. Almost all survivors remained disabled for good. Soon Tokyo capitulated, and the world community seriously thought about the advisability of using weapons of this kind.

Before the end of the Second World War, a thermonuclear bomb was not used for its intended purpose. However, in the next 20 years, the nuclear powers for testing purposes blew up as much ammunition as would be enough for more than one war. The apotheosis of this private competition was the explosion of October 30, 1961, the projectile called "Tsar Bomb". The tests were conducted on Novaya Zemlya, in an atmosphere of total secrecy. The force of the explosion was about 58 megatons, which is equivalent to nearly 6,000 bombs dropped by the Americans on Hiroshima. If they were armed with the "Tsar Bomb" then they could forget about a country like Japan.

The thermonuclear bomb is a useful, but at the same time, eerie invention of design thought. Being the most powerful weapon, it forces states to live in peace, but at what cost? After all, if the world is achieved by resolving differences, this is one thing, and if the world is forced, it is quite another. The Cold War has, of course, ended a long time ago, but until now many political scientists and military historians do not exclude the possibility of a new major military conflict, during which the nuclear powers use their main weapons, and the world in its present understanding will come to an end. But this, of course, is only a theory.