Where did you get that idea? Last I studied the topic, we had a mix of six or seven different nuclear missile warheads and gravity bombs, all of which were classified as "thermonuclear". That means the design is two-stage, with fission explosions igniting a fusion device. Although the yield is much lower than during the early days of the Cold War (and sometimes actually adjustable), these use isotopes of hydrogen. Therefore, "H-Bomb" is the colloquial term.
You just educated me. Thank you. I thought most were atomic and H was a less common category used for heavier bombs. I didn’t realize our smaller warheads were H bombs.
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“To my knowledge our missiles and other tactical nukes and most bombs are not H bombs.”
Pretty much all the nuke inventory is Hydrogen fueled, In reality they are isotopes of hydrogen. Regardless, today’s nuke have been miniaturized because the policymakers realized the nukes don’t need to be tsar bamba types.
I think the exception is the tactical type weapons. I was in field artillery and we were nuclear ready. I believe physics restricted size of weapon that was propelled in a 155mm howitzer.