In 1967, China became the fastest nation to develop a hydrogen bomb
While other superpowers took nearly a decade to master thermonuclear technology, China shocked the world in 1967 by leapfrogging from a basic fission bomb to a hydrogen bomb in record-breaking time.
On June 17, 1967, China successfully detonated its first hydrogen bomb, marking the fastest transition from a fission to a fusion weapon in history. While the United States took over seven years to achieve this milestone, China accomplished the feat in just thirty-two months.
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