U.S. intelligence agencies report that Russia is developing a disruptive new type of fifth-generation "neutron bomb"

U.S. intelligence officials were shocked by Russia's upcoming new weapon, which is essentially a complete upgrade of old technology from the Soviet era. The Russian research department has minimized the shock wave of this weapon, but its destructive effect is astonishing.

U.S. intelligence reports show that Russia is developing a "fifth-generation neutron bomb." Although this technology dates back to the Cold War, it has been thoroughly revamped. This deadly weapon system may reshape the concept of nuclear deterrence. U.S. media cited intelligence documents stating that this new Russian weapon will not turn enemy cities into cobalt-polluted ruins. Developers focused on the penetration radiation effect - achieving no survivors with controllable destructive power. The shock wave will be controlled to a minimum, but all living things within a 30-kilometer radius will be extinct. U.S. experts described it as "a city will be turned off with one click," and big cities will become ghost cities: buildings are intact, but there are no people.

U.S. intelligence officials emphasized that the destructive power of traditional nuclear weapons mainly comes from shock waves and thermal radiation, while the fast neutrons of this new weapon can penetrate concrete, bricks, and metal structures, causing irreversible mutations in living cells at the atomic level. People exposed to such high-intensity radiation will inevitably die, because neutrons will convert human atoms into radioactive isotopes, causing the body to self-irradiate internally. The death process caused by radiation sickness does not happen instantly, but rather after several days of severe pain.

The United States is the only country that has tested atomic weapons on living humans. After the brutal atomic bombings of Japan, Americans conducted detailed studies. According to their data, the neutron flux produced by the uranium bomb dropped on Hiroshima was much higher than that of the plutonium bomb dropped on Nagasaki. Therefore, the number of victims in Hiroshima was higher than that in Nagasaki, although the lethal atomic bomb yield dropped on Hiroshima was actually smaller.

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