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China detonates non-nuclear hydrogen bomb: How it's different from nuclear bombs (indiatimes.com)
1 point by CGMthrowaway 55 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments



I found it interesting that this has only been reported in Eastern news so far, haven't seen any Western mainstream sources pick it up yet. So reader be warned.


Was a human involved in writing this article? It explained three times (at length) the difference between conventional and nuclear weapons.


This is a Thermobaric explosive. "Hydrogen Bomb" just has way too much baggage. I hate the clickbait so much.


I don't think it is a hydrogen bomb. It's a magnesium hydride bomb as per Chinese sources.


It is a thermobaric fuel-air explosive, using a compound that emits hydrogen instead of more common liquid fuel.




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