Hydrogen Bomb vs. Atomic Bomb: What’s The Difference?
In light of North Korea's recent claim that they tested a hydrogen bomb, here's an explainer on how these nuclear weapons work. How Does North Korea Have Nuclear Weapons?▻▻▻▻http://bit.ly/...
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North Korea claims it’s created a thermonuclear bomb, so how is this any worse than just aregular ol’ nuclear bomb?Blessings of the glorious leader be upon you, I’m Julian here for DNews. North Korea,a country that ranks in my top two Koreas, recently announced it has successfully detonateda Hydrogen bomb. The country has a detonated atomic weapons in the past but an H-bomb couldbe a game changer.First, a quick primer on atomic weapons. The original A-bombs, like the ones the US droppedon Hiroshima and Nagasaki worked by splitting the nuclei of heavy elements into smallerones in a process called fission. They use either Uranium-235 or Plutonium which, whensplit, release neutrons that split more atoms in a chain reaction. The resulting elementshave a smaller...
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North Korea claims it’s created a thermonuclear bomb, so how is this any worse than just aregular ol’ nuclear bomb?Blessings of the glorious leader be upon you, I’m Julian here for DNews. North Korea,a country that ranks in my top two Koreas, recently announced it has successfully detonateda Hydrogen bomb. The country has a detonated atomic weapons in the past but an H-bomb couldbe a game changer.First, a quick primer on atomic weapons. The original A-bombs, like the ones the US droppedon Hiroshima and Nagasaki worked by splitting the nuclei of heavy elements into smallerones in a process called fission. They use either Uranium-235 or Plutonium which, whensplit, release neutrons that split more atoms in a chain reaction. The resulting elementshave a smaller...
