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, ‘\nChina has successfully conducted a hydrogen bomb test without nuclear materials, Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on the 21st.’,
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, “\nAccording to the report, the 705 Research Institute of the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation recently announced in an academic journal ‘Missile and Rocket Guidance’ published by the China Army Engineering Society that they have induced a destructive chemical chain reaction of a hydrogen-based explosive device without using nuclear materials as a trigger.”,
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, ‘\nThe institute used hydrogenated magnesium, developed to supply power to fuel cells, instead of nuclear materials.’,
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, ‘\nAs a result, a 2kg bomb generated a fireball exceeding 1,000 degrees Celsius for more than 2 seconds.’,
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, ‘\nThe duration was about 17 times longer than 0.12 seconds for TNT.’,
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, ‘\nThis makes it closer to napalm or thermobaric weapons rather than nuclear weapons.’,
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, ‘\nWang Xuefeng, a researcher at the institute, said, “The explosion is ignited with minimal energy, has a wide blast range, and rapidly spreads flames outward,” adding, “The explosive intensity can be finely controlled to uniformly destroy targets over a wide area.”‘,
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, ‘\nThe institute assessed that these characteristics make it ideal for missions like area closure.’,
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, ‘\nThey also saw it as effective for incinerating targets such as vehicles.’,
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, ‘\n(Photo provided by SCMP, Yonhap News)\n’]