Question

How did the development of the hydrogen bomb affect the arms race?

Answer 1

The Teller-Ulam design is a nuclear weapon design that is used in the range of thermonuclear weapons, and which is referred to in a familiar way as "the secret of the hydrogen bomb." Its name comes from the two main contributors, the Hungarian-American physicist Edward Teller and the Polish-American mathematician Stanisław Ulam, who developed the design in 1951. The basic idea is the use of a fission atomic bomb as a trigger placed close to a quantity of fusion fuel, and the use of "radiation implosion" to compress the fusion fuel and get it on.

The production and development of this type of bombs, led to a global arms race, where the powers sought to develop weapons of mass destruction.

Answer 2

They Hydrogen bomb affected the arms race because the hydrogen bomb caused fusion of the two hydrogen atoms and was one of the most powerful bomb. It was 10 times the power of the atom bomb.