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The day when the most dispersive weapons of modern times were born: How "Ivy Mike" wiped the island out from the face of Earth

On this day, November 1, 1952, the United States of America successfully completed its test on the Pacific Island of Enwetak under the code name "Ivy Mike", detonating the first thermonuclear (hydrogen) bomb in human history.

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