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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Where did the United States detonated the first hydrogen bomb in 1952?
A
Palmyra Atoll
B
Ataul Atoll
C
Eniwetok Atoll
D
Bikini Atoll
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -On November 1, 1952, the United States successfully detonated “Mike, ” the world’s first hydrogen bomb, on the Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific Marshall Islands.

Detailed explanation-2: -1 November 1952 | US tests the first hydrogen bomb The United States detonates the first hydrogen bomb at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

Detailed explanation-3: -On Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands, the United States, on May 12th, 1951, detonated the first hydrogen bomb. The bomb was based on the combination of a nuclei of heavy hydrogen, called deuterium, and the process of fission.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first fusion bomb was tested by the United States in Operation Ivy on November 1, 1952, on Elugelab Island in the Enewatak Atoll of the Marshall Islands.

Detailed explanation-5: -It was successfully detonated during Operation Ivy, on November 1, 1952, at Enewetak. The explosion achieved a yield of 10.4 megatons (million tons), 500 times larger than the Nagasaki bomb, and it produced a crater 1, 900 metres (6, 240 feet) in diameter and 50 metres (164 feet) deep.

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