As mentioned in the previous part, in the entire Cold War era, there was actually only one tactical hydrogen bomb in the strict sense of the word, and that was the neutron bomb. In modern times, the United States and Russia actually have no stocks of neutron bombs. However, Hurricane-1 is called a tactical hydrogen bomb by many people, is this a contradiction? In fact, this issue is very complicated, and it must be analyzed in detail according to the historical environment of the time, and it must not be too dogmatic. The source of Hurricane-1 is indeed the trigger of the atomic bomb of some kind of hydrogen bomb, if no thermonuclear material is added, then its normal detonation yield is indeed 8,000 tons, which can only be regarded as a simple fission bomb, and is neither a hydrogen bomb nor a tactical hydrogen bomb. The problem is to really develop equipment for real combat; That is, the complete Hurricane-1 bomb that was finally mounted on the specially modified Strong 5 fighter was not simply an atomic trigger. Its true explosive yield has not been actually disclosed to this day. So the complete Hurricane 1 is not simply an 8,000-ton equivalent;
And where is the basis for the atomic trigger? You must know that the development of Hurricane-1 was in the early 1970s, which was the peak of the Cold War. At that time, the United States and the Soviet Union had reached a state of near madness in order to compete for world hegemony in an all-round way. At this time, both sides not only had more than 30,000 nuclear bombs each at their peak, but also the yield of warheads was getting bigger and bigger. A large number of hydrogen warheads of 10 million tons are not enough at every turn, and the United States has once served 20 million tons of actual combat hydrogen warheads; The Soviet side directly exploded 55 million tons of bombs Tsar! At this time, the nuclear powers did not look down on the original Guangdao atomic bomb with a yield of only 1 to 20,000 tons, and almost all the nuclear warheads that were ready for actual combat were almost all hydrogen bombs. It is to prepare for an attack that can defeat a huge power like the United States and the Soviet Union. It was not until the later stages of the Cold War that the United States and the Soviet Union gradually realized that such an increase in the number of warheads and average power would only be a lose-lose situation.
It even carried the entire human race on the surface of the earth to be roughly wiped out by a nuclear war. In addition, the high-power hydrogen bombs of the United States and the Soviet Union could not be stored for more than 30 years, so they retreated to the next best thing and each developed a three-phase bomb with a more "appropriate" yield. In the era of three-phase bombs, the yield of hydrogen warheads was generally below 500,000 tons, and there were very few regular hydrogen warheads of more than 1 million tons that continued to be in service. Therefore, in the early 1970s, when the two major opponents of the United States and the Soviet Union were super crazy, an 8,000-ton tactical bomb simply could not make a huge opponent like the Soviet Union feel the most basic fear and respect. Therefore, the Hurricane-1, which is always ready for actual combat, can only be a real hydrogen bomb, not even an enhanced atomic bomb! It is called a tactical hydrogen bomb only because it is aimed at a torrent of Soviet ground armor that is ready to invade. That is, the target to be attacked is not only in the field, but also motorized and random. And at that time, only to aim at each other's megacities or,
Only 3 million to 20 million ton hydrogen warheads in fixed nuclear facilities and underground command centers are called strategic nuclear warheads, and those warheads that are ready to deal with the opponent's field forces at any time have been downgraded to tactical nuclear weapons. Hurricane 1 naturally falls into this category. So what is the specific explosive yield of Hurricane-1? Wolf Mountain believes that there are at least 1 million tons, and what is the reason?