Ashton Forbes
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Cold Explosions Use X-Rays Before the Fireball
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20:00Now PlayingA declassified 1979 article revealed how H-bombs actually work, and the secret is pretty wild.
The fusion payload has to be compressed cold, not hot, because heat makes things expand. X-rays and gamma rays move at light speed, hitting the fusion fuel before the fireball from the fission trigger destroys it. You've got about a millionth of a second. The reflector casing uses thousands of finely machined surfaces directing radiation inward for maximum compression.
When you look at the MH370 thermal footage, it's black, not white hot because that's non-thermal radiation being released.
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