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by rkharsan64 632 days ago
Modern Thermonuclear bombs (also called Hydrogen bombs) work on fusion. The only reason why they use fission is to trigger a fusion reaction.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermonuclear_weapon

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Not the only reason. You can get a significant boost in energy release by using uranium in the tamper.