A detailed new article in Fusion Science and Technology by Los Alamos weapons scientist Jonathan E. Morgan examines the design, construction, and testing of the 1952 10.4-Mt MIKE thermonuclear device tinyurl.com/y3jd5an4. Attn: @wellerstein.bsky.social, @casillic.bsky.social, @saftergood.bsky.social
“This paper [looks] at the design, engineering, fielding, and execution of the world’s first megaton-class physics experiment .... Although others have written on aspects of this technical history, they have not benefited from access to the original classified documents used by the present author.”
Great read! I have just started but can tell I will enjoy. Thank you. One of my favorite unofficial/official descriptions was from Agnew in his interview with Rhodes. Lots of tidbits…
