Two years later, the United States conducted its biggest-ever nuclear weapon test: the Castle Bravo test had a yield of 15,000 kilotons. The Soviet Union holds the title for the largest hydrogen ...

Beijing: In April this year, neighbouring China tested a new military technology that has raised eyebrows of several countries around the world. The 705 Research Institute of China's State ...

China has recently made a significant move in weapon technology with the successful detonation of a new type of hydrogen-based explosive device. Developed by the China State Shipbuilding ...

The People’s Republic of China has reportedly developed a new weapon of mass destruction, one that employs hydrogen fuel, yet isn’t nuclear. The new two-kilogram bomb may seem small, but a ...

The Mk-14 nuclear bomb was a 1950s-era strategic thermonuclear weapon, the first solid-fuel staged hydrogen bomb. It was an experimental design, and only five units were produced in early 1954. It ...

Between them, the world's nine nuclear powers are thought to have "roughly" 12,331 nuclear warheads, said the Federation of American Scientists (FAS).. What are 'tactical' nuclear weapons?

China tests non-nuclear hydrogen bomb, ... 705 Research Institute, a key player in underwater weapon systems, the device uses a magnesium-based solid-state hydrogen storage material. ...

About 1,740 deployed nuclear weapons are available for use. The circles below show the blast radius of the Hiroshima atomic bomb compared with a modern hydrogen bomb.

By demonstrating that psychologically potent, non-nuclear weapons are possible, China’s test begins to erode the monopoly nuclear arms have held over credible deterrence.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides guidance on a nuclear weapons program in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on September 3.