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English: Nuclear weapon test Mike (yield 10.4 Mt) on Enewetak Atoll. The test was part of the Operation Ivy. Mike was the first hydrogen bomb ever tested, an experimental device not suitable for use as a weapon.
Suomi: Ydinkoe Mike (räjähdysvoima 10.4 Mt) Enewetak Atollilla. Testi oli osa Operaatio Ivyä. Mike räjäytys oli ensimmäinen oikea vetypommi, jota testattiin. Pommi perustui Teller-Ulam malliin eli jaksoittaiseen säteily imploosioon. Laite oli kokeellinen, eikä se soveltunut asekäyttöön.
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Operation Ivy - Mike shot

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Operation Ivy

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1 November 1952

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current20:09, 18 October 2009Thumbnail for version as of 20:09, 18 October 20091,470 × 1,098 (118 KB)Siipikarja1470px × 1098px from nuclearweaponarchive.org.
01:22, 4 January 2006Thumbnail for version as of 01:22, 4 January 2006800 × 637 (55 KB)Fastfission~commonswikifull-sized
21:10, 7 June 2005Thumbnail for version as of 21:10, 7 June 2005640 × 478 (23 KB)Xenoforme~commonswikiXX-11 IVY MIKE, was fired on Enewetak on October 31, 1952. It was an experimental thermonuclear device. Cropped and resized from full-sized version at http://www.nv.doe.gov/news&pubs/photos&films/atm.htm {{PD-USGov-DOE}} category:Nuclear tests

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