Castle Bravo was the test with the drastically larger yield from what was expected. And it really wasn't an engineering oversight, it was the nuclear physics of the Li7 nucleus not being completely understood. The designers of the test had actually reduced (at considerable expense) the amount of Li7 in the device thinking it was a diluent of the expected reaction. As it turned out, it promoted the reaction.
Ivy-Mike was a proof of concept device, not an actual design that was viewed as desirable to weaponize. The goal was to 'burn' a cubic meter of liquid deuterium, and it did. With alacrity.
Ivy-Mike was a proof of concept device, not an actual design that was viewed as desirable to weaponize. The goal was to 'burn' a cubic meter of liquid deuterium, and it did. With alacrity.
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
