Is the latest Hydrogen Bomb testing by China, a start of another Cold War?
Or is it Chinese frustration mounting to a new high?
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Northwest · M
This is a NON-nuclear bomb.
It's uses uses magnesium hydride—a solid-state hydrogen storage material originally engineered for off-grid energy applications—as its main component.
During the activation phase, the material is broken into micron-level hydrogen, spread and ignited via its interaction with the oxygen in the atmosphere.
But unlike conventional TNT blasts, which produce a brief, extremely high-pressure shockwave, China’s new bomb creates a lower peak blast pressure but sustains its fireball for over two seconds, causing extended thermal damage and enabling directed energy effects.
The was a shock and awe demonstration and the intended audience is Taiwan.
It's uses uses magnesium hydride—a solid-state hydrogen storage material originally engineered for off-grid energy applications—as its main component.
During the activation phase, the material is broken into micron-level hydrogen, spread and ignited via its interaction with the oxygen in the atmosphere.
But unlike conventional TNT blasts, which produce a brief, extremely high-pressure shockwave, China’s new bomb creates a lower peak blast pressure but sustains its fireball for over two seconds, causing extended thermal damage and enabling directed energy effects.
The was a shock and awe demonstration and the intended audience is Taiwan.
Jokersswild · 22-25VIP
@Northwest I was going to say, he obviously didn’t read the article. I didn’t understand it very well myself. Thank you for explaining it.
Northwest · M
@Jokersswild The use of Hydrogen may be confusing. It is, however, a new take on a real old technology that's been used for 50+ years in thermobaric weapons.
Here's how it work:
- Take a flammable material.
- Turn it into an aerosol.
- Light a match
We use it into the weapon we call the MOAB Mother Of All Bombs, which uses a "Napalm" aerosol.
The use of magnesium hydride base, makes it far lighter and far easier to store/transport, and produce more thermal and longer lasting shockwave (something like 1,000 F fireball) that can penetrate buildings/bunkers.
It won't leave radiation, but...
What makes this even more special, is that it can its ability to precision-target through its its controllable chain reaction mechanism.
This was developed by the China State Shipbuilding Corporation’s 705 Research Institute as a storage device, but because the state coordinates everything in China, they found a military application. China opened a high-capacity plant in Shaanxi province earlier this year, capable of producing 150 tons annually.
China could use it in Taiwan, to destroy infantry in buildings, starve occupants of oxygen and inflict devastating internal injuries.
And they can still say "we're not using nukes"
Here's how it work:
- Take a flammable material.
- Turn it into an aerosol.
- Light a match
We use it into the weapon we call the MOAB Mother Of All Bombs, which uses a "Napalm" aerosol.
The use of magnesium hydride base, makes it far lighter and far easier to store/transport, and produce more thermal and longer lasting shockwave (something like 1,000 F fireball) that can penetrate buildings/bunkers.
It won't leave radiation, but...
What makes this even more special, is that it can its ability to precision-target through its its controllable chain reaction mechanism.
This was developed by the China State Shipbuilding Corporation’s 705 Research Institute as a storage device, but because the state coordinates everything in China, they found a military application. China opened a high-capacity plant in Shaanxi province earlier this year, capable of producing 150 tons annually.
China could use it in Taiwan, to destroy infantry in buildings, starve occupants of oxygen and inflict devastating internal injuries.
And they can still say "we're not using nukes"