Human Truman ordered the Atomic Energy Commission to produce a hydrogen bomb because he hoped it would restore the United States' advantage over the Soviet Union.
Truman ordered the Atomic Energy Commission to produce a hydrogen bomb, which would be 1,000 times as powerful as an atomic bomb, aiming to restore the United States' weapons advantage over the Soviets.
President Harry S. Truman publicly announces his decision to support the development of the hydrogen bomb, a weapon designed to be hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped on Japan during World War II.