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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Second sentence in the article clarifies that it wasn't a thermonuclear device.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

still shitty journalism, it's clickbait bullshit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I mean....it was a hydrogen bomb. What else you gonna call it?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

That term almost exclusively refers to thermonuclear weapons.

The amazing Ukrainians created what's basically a fuel-air-bomb often referred to as a thermobaric weapon. By spreading the hydrogen out you get a larger bang because the mix reaches a better mixture between the air (oxidizer) and fuel (hydrogen) powering the explosion. It's damn nifty and props to them, but it's not a hydrogen bomb in the conventionally used sense of the word.

I really dislike the term hydrogen bomb because I don't want anyone, anywhere to confuse the terminology and give RU any excuses to escalate from conventional weapons, which probably sounds like an overreaction but if you see the shit the russians use to justify their bullshit...

See: russian accusations of use of chemical weapons while they're being accused by ukraine of using chemical weapons. Don't give them loaded rhetorical talking points.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Personally, I think that "hydrogen bomb" is a worse name for the fission/fusion bomb than for this one. I mean, it is what it is because the name has meant the fission/fusion bomb since it first became a thing, but it was either a bad naming or the name was selected because it was deliberately misleading (cold war and all).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

400lbs explosive is less than standard 500lbs bomb. The title makes it clear tbh

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No idea what this even means tbf

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

500 lbs is the standard size bomb that US fighter aircraft carry. Some of them can carry up to 2500 lb bombs, but lose their stealth capabilities because the bomb is outside the airframe.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

So basically, really big carbomb

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

And using "lbs" makes it clear that the publication is not targeted towards people who think critically.