PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 22nd, 2025: China Unveils Devastating New Hydrogen Bomb & White House Doubles Down On Support Of Embattled Pentagon Chief
Apr 22, 2025
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China's New Hydrogen-Based Bomb
China developed a hydrogen-based bomb using magnesium hydride that creates a sustained fireball with extreme heat without nuclear material.
This bomb provides precise blast control, causing less collateral damage but capable of burning through armored targets, useful for urban warfare.
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Precision Strikes with Sustained Heat
The bomb allows precision strikes with sustained heat, avoiding broad destruction while targeting key military assets.
Its use could enforce strategic area denial and psychological warfare, especially against Taiwan.
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Dual-Use Magnesium Hydride Technology
China's investment in magnesium hydride production signals large-scale deployment of this technology.
Besides weapons, magnesium hydride also supports clean energy military applications like submarine fuel cells and drones.
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We'll begin with an alarming new weapons breakthrough out of China, where researchers for the communist regime recently tested a non-nuclear, hydrogen-based bomb.
Later in the show—an update on the latest Signal chat scandal involving Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, as the White House blasts media reports that President Trump is looking to replace his Pentagon chief as "fake news."
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