An in-depth look at how China built a hydrogen bomb, based on newly revealed documents. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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Of the initial 5 nuclear weapon states, China was the fastest to go from its first atomic bomb explosion to its first H-bomb detonation.

Yet there's still 'limited knowledge in Western literature about how China built its first H-bomb.'

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War Studies Security Studies Read the full Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists story: The short march to China’s hydrogen bomb

Text by Hui Zhang

Edited by François Diaz-Maurin - @francoisdm.bsky.social

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Illustrations by Erik English, Thomas Gaulkin, and François Diaz-Maurin - @francoisdm.bsky.social

With contribution by Nicola Leveringhaus

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“Based on newly available information, this account reconstructs the history of how China made a breakthrough in understanding hydrogen bomb principles and built its first H-bomb—without foreign help,” writes Hui Zhang.
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Fascinating piece on China's H-bomp programme. Apparently, 'beating the French' was a powerful motivator... thebulletin.org/2024/04/the-sh…

Fascinating article by Hui Zhang from Belfer Center about China’s development of its H-bomb. thebulletin.org/2024/04/the-sh…

An extraordinary exploration of how China built the h-bomb.

In less than seven years, Chinese physicists went from launching a new hydrogen bomb research program to successfully detonating a full-yield 3.3 megaton H-bomb.

'The short march to China’s hydrogen bomb,' a new feature by Hui Zhang of Managing the Atom.
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By sending nuclear weapons to the United Kingdom, could the United States be fueling nuclear proliferation?

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Just in: By sending nuclear weapons to the United Kingdom, could the United States be fueling nuclear proliferation?

By Janani Mohan of Cambridge University

In Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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'For the first time in 15 years, the United States is reportedly planning to station nuclear weapons in the United Kingdom, a decision many experts interpret as attempting to counter growing geopolitical instability.'

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