Chinese researchers have reportedly “successfully detonated a hydrogen-based explosive device in a controlled field test, triggering devastating chemical chain reactions without using any nuclear materials.”
Translation: China can make a bomb that is not nuclear but still creates a fireball that exceeds 1,000°C for over two seconds. That is 15 times longer than a comparable TNT explosion. They called it a “sustained inferno.”
The weapon sounds terrifying but maybe a little less terrifying because it does not produce nuclear radiation or fallout.
Why would anyone want this? Reportedly, “the researchers looked at the weapon’s other potential military applications, such as using it to cover a large area with intense heat and focusing its power on high-value targets to destroy them”
It’s a targeted and terrifying bomb. China has a “no first use” policy about nuclear weapons. Does this still count since it’s not nuclear?
