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		ferguess_k 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: China detonates non-nuclear hydrogen bomb: How it'... I don't think it is a hydrogen bomb. It's a magnesium hydride bomb as per Chinese sources.

ahazred8ta 3 months ago [–]

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

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