Question

Recently the news of North Korea has successfully tested a Hydrogen bomb shook the world.

a. Hydrogen bomb is at least twice more dangerous than the atom bomb of the same capacity/power.

b. Neutron bomb causes less financial harm but more human loss.

Which of the above two statements is/are correct?

1. Only a
2. Only b
3. Both a and b
4. Neither a nor b

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Only b

The correct answer is Only b.

• The hydrogen bomb has the potential to be 1,000 times more powerful than an atomic bomb, according to several nuclear experts. Hence statement a is not correct.
• Neutron bomb causes less financial harm but more human loss. 
• Hence the correct answer is Only b.

 

• A thermonuclear weapon, fusion weapon or hydrogen bomb (H bomb) is a second-generation nuclear weapon design. Its greater sophistication affords it vastly greater destructive power than first-generation atomic bombs, a more compact size, a lower mass or a combination of these benefits.
• A nuclear weapon (also called an atom bomb, nuke, atomic bomb, nuclear warhead, A-bomb, or nuclear bomb) is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or from a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb).
• A neutron bomb, officially defined as a type of enhanced radiation weapon (ERW), is a low yield thermonuclear weapon designed to maximize lethal neutron radiation in the immediate vicinity of the blast while minimizing the physical power of the blast itself.
• The neutron release generated by a nuclear fusion reaction is intentionally allowed to escape the weapon, rather than being absorbed by its other components.