China has tested a hydrogen non-nuclear bomb


Chinese scientists have successfully tested a hydrogen non-nuclear bomb. This was reported by the South China Morning Post newspaper on April 20.
"The weapon generates a white—hot fireball that lasts 15 times longer than a fleeting flash," the publication says.
It is specified that the detonation of a 2 kg bomb created a fireball with a temperature of more than 1,000 degrees Celsius, which lasted for more than two seconds.
The newspaper reported that the device runs on a powdered substance known as magnesium hydride, which stores significantly more hydrogen than a pressurized cylinder.
On March 10, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui announced that China remains the only nuclear power that has committed itself not to use nuclear weapons first. He stressed that China ranks third after Russia and the United States in terms of the number of nuclear warheads.
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