| rdfs:comment | - Also "H-bomb." A bomb that uses the fissile energy from a nuclear explosion to trigger a fusion reaction with lithium and deuterium, creating a thermonuclear chain reaction and emitting an immense amount of energy.
- The hydrogen bomb or "H-Bomb" was a type of nuclear weapon produced on Earth during the 20th century. Hydrogen bombs utilized the principle of nuclear fusion instead of nuclear fission. According to Captain James T. Kirk, the H-bomb was the ultimate weapon of the 20th century, and was described as a "doomsday machine": a weapon primarily built for bluff, never intended for actual use. The USSR (aka the Reds) tested its first H-bomb in 1953, which made headlines in US newspapers. (TOS: "The Doomsday Machine" , DS9: "Far Beyond the Stars")
- The Hydrogen Bomb was built by J. Robert Oppenheimer in Fort Anchorage, Alaska. When the Chimera overran Alaska, they took the H-Bomb. Sentinel Team Alpha was sent out to retrieve it. Alpha were able to recover the bomb, but only for them to be engulfed by an approaching Chimeran airship. Inside, Alpha attempted to dispose the bomb through a punctured a hole on the airship and allowing it be salvage. However, Alpha's leader, Murphy, ignored their objective and sought in saving his men. In doing so, he tricked his team in bailing themselves out the ship on a tank and sacrificed his life in detonating the bomb, destroying the ship in the process.
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| abstract | - Also "H-bomb." A bomb that uses the fissile energy from a nuclear explosion to trigger a fusion reaction with lithium and deuterium, creating a thermonuclear chain reaction and emitting an immense amount of energy.
- The hydrogen bomb or "H-Bomb" was a type of nuclear weapon produced on Earth during the 20th century. Hydrogen bombs utilized the principle of nuclear fusion instead of nuclear fission. According to Captain James T. Kirk, the H-bomb was the ultimate weapon of the 20th century, and was described as a "doomsday machine": a weapon primarily built for bluff, never intended for actual use. The USSR (aka the Reds) tested its first H-bomb in 1953, which made headlines in US newspapers. (TOS: "The Doomsday Machine" , DS9: "Far Beyond the Stars") In 1968, as part of the nuclear arms race, an orbital H-bomb was launched by NASA, in the US, to counter a similar move by other powers on Earth. The sabotage and subsequent detonation of this suborbital warhead eventually led to a stronger international agreement to ban such orbital weapons. (TOS: "Assignment: Earth" ) In 2267, the overload of the impulse engines of the USS Constellation resulted in a fusion explosion of 97.835 megatons. The detonation was used to destroy the Planet killer. Kirk noted the similarity between the overload to that of an H-bomb detonation. He also noted that it was probably the first constructive use of such a weapon. (TOS: "The Doomsday Machine" ) this is why it was so so deadly
- The Hydrogen Bomb was built by J. Robert Oppenheimer in Fort Anchorage, Alaska. When the Chimera overran Alaska, they took the H-Bomb. Sentinel Team Alpha was sent out to retrieve it. Alpha were able to recover the bomb, but only for them to be engulfed by an approaching Chimeran airship. Inside, Alpha attempted to dispose the bomb through a punctured a hole on the airship and allowing it be salvage. However, Alpha's leader, Murphy, ignored their objective and sought in saving his men. In doing so, he tricked his team in bailing themselves out the ship on a tank and sacrificed his life in detonating the bomb, destroying the ship in the process. Murphy's actions, cited by SRPA and the U.S. armed forces, caused the loss of not only the bomb but stalling America's efforts in reproducing the weapon.
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