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Atomic bombs vs. Hydrogen bombs: What's the difference?
With the announcement today that the 6.3 magnitude earthquake felt in the neighborhood of North Korea was caused by the successful detonation of a hydrogen bomb, many are worried. North Korea has had atomic bombs for a while, but the step up to the hydrogen bomb is a significant development. So what is the difference between the two technologies?
The atomic bomb, the type the United States dropped on Japan at the end of World War II is powerful. The technology relies on atomic fission, or the splitting of atoms. The only two ever deployed on civilian populations devastated the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Hydrogen bombs, though, would have completely wiped those cities off the map. The explosions are exponentially larger. The hydrogen bomb’s detonation begins with an atomic reaction. Nuclear fission creates the energy to begin nuclear fusion. |
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IIRC, one of the two is a shitload bigger than the other one.
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I'm not exactly sure how, but one is racist and the other isn't.
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It's interesting to ponder that the Hiroshima bomb yield was about 15 kilotons. I think the largest hydrogen bomb ever detonated was 50 MEGAtons. It's hard to imagine what one of them would do.
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Atomic bombs split atoms apart - fission. And it all goes boom.
A hydrogen bomb is an atomic bomb placed next to a source of hydrogen where the atomic blasts compresses the hydrogen - fussion. That process releases neutrons that are like the sun exploding in your hand. This thermonuclear explosion goes ka-boom! (Or essentially a 1000 booms all at once.) |
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And if they did detonate a Hydrogen bomb, they most likely got the technology from China or Russia.
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Fission vs. Fusion. Just like Uncle Milty said.
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I do know the USGS site is showing a 6.3 Explosion on there map followed by a 4.1 Collapse.
That means after they denominated that hydrogen bomb the mountain collapsed |
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Your right rascist is no laughing matter but the term has been used for every conceivable thing most of which is nonsense the term is nearly meaningless. The truth is few people have ever faced true rascism, it's an ugly thing people need to wake up and stop using it as some thing they use to get their way.
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An Atomic bomb goes BOOM!
A hydrogen bomb goes BOOM |
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Fusion
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Hopefully; this was an 'accidental' detonation on their part. And thus, a major set back to their program and available resources - that may not exist anymore.
Or it was a Black Ops neutralization. |
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