Extremely Stunning Photo: H-Bomb - What are it's origins?
Hey everyone,
I came across a photo today that you may have seen before, but it's entirely new to me and it's so stunning I was convinced it was fake, until I read a little more. It's a photo of a Hydrogen Bomb and I've been running around the internet for the last hour trying to find it's origin. In the process, I've learned a whole lot about the bomb, but still don't know where, when and by who this bomb in the photo was test fired. Take a look - if you have any info, I'd greatly appreciate it. This really is a phenomenal photo.
Thanks,
Gotadime
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It was France's 914 Kilaton Licorne Bomb, fired on July 3, 1970.
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Licorne was a test of an experimental thermonuclear device for the TN-60 warhead; the fourth thermonuclear test conducted by France. The nuclear device was suspended from a balloon, which was filled with 14,000 cubic meters of helium, 500 meters (1600 feet) feet over the Dindon testing sector. 3,700 men stationed on Mururoa were evacuated for this test. Newly appointed Minister of Defense Michel Debré observed the test from the De Grasse along with 12 representatives from the French press. The De Grasse was positioned some 30 miles from Mururoa for the shot. An observer described the Licorne detonation as being a “a stupendously beautiful pillar of fire piercing a perfectly symmetrical mushroom.” Six hours after the explosion, Debré and the visiting correspondents returned to the main base on Mururoa. Debré reportedly swam in the Mururoa lagoon during this time to make the reporters think the radiological effects of the nuclear tests were harmless
So I was reading a link found while reading the article about the picture. Apparently the USSR created a bomb originally rated for 100 megatons, which is leaps and bounds more powerful than anything ever detonated before. They derated it to 50 megatons by using Lead instead of Uranium in a couple of key spots.
What a bunch of wusses, make the biggest baddest toy on the planet and then are scared to play with it.
Maybe we should get one of those, put a hair trigger on it and give it to the dumbest terrorist we can find.
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Ya see, if they'd only done it in the 1960's, Chernobyl would never have happened.
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Extremely Stunning Photo: H-Bomb - What are it's origins? 
Actually, I think that's what I remember reading.
