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Bombs of this size may never be assembled. Even if considerably smaller, they would be hard to deliver, and they would "overbomb" a small area, digging a deep crater instead of spreading their killing effect over the living film that covers the surface of an inhabited region. There is a way, however, of getting around this disadvantage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: THE MAKING OF THE H-BOMB | 4/12/1954 | See Source »

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