On this day 43 years ago, on November 9, 1982 (September 24, 1982 lunar calendar), France successfully produced a neutron bomb. On November 9, 1982, when the then French Minister of Defense Ernie met with reporters, he confirmed that the French test of manufacturing a neutron bomb had been successful, but had not yet decided to put it into production. Ernie said at that time that France's research and trial production of neutron bombs were carried out completely independently. He also said that France has the ability to manufacture neutron bombs, and if the government decides to produce them, it will also be equipped with the necessary launching devices. France announced its first neutron bomb test in June 1980. The neutron bomb seems mysterious to ordinary people, but in fact it is a special kind of hydrogen bomb. Countries that have mastered the technology of atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs have mastered the technology of neutron bombs after a short period of effort. Because their destructive power comes from the release of nuclear energy from the atomic nuclei of certain substances. A nuclear weapon made using the fusion principle of light nuclei is called a hydrogen bomb. For example, hydrogen has three isotopes, namely hydrogen, deuterium, and tritium. Deuterium and tritium At ultra-high pressure and tens of millions of degrees of ultra-high temperature, atomic nuclei combine with each other to form helium atoms and release more energy to form thermonuclear reactions. Fusion releases much more energy than fission. A neutron bomb is one of the fusion nuclear weapons, which should be said to be a miniature "hydrogen bomb". The main difference between a neutron bomb and a general hydrogen bomb is that it does not wrap the uranium 238 shell used in hydrogen bombs. Since there is no shell specially designed to absorb high-energy neutrons, nuclear fusion will produce a large number of high-energy neutrons, which will generate a huge amount of radiation to the outside world. In fact, neutron bombs are not a "small child" in the nuclear weapons family. As early as the late 1950s, the United States has already started the development of neutron bomb weapons. In 1977, the United States successfully tested the first neutron bomb with the "Lance" missile. At present, the United States has a huge neutron bomb arsenal, and has realized the miniaturization and actual combat of neutron bomb weapon systems. Not to be outdone, the Soviet Union tested neutron bombs as early as 1970, and the technology has become increasingly mature. From 1977 to 1988, China developed neutron bombs, which are more formally known as strong radiation weapons. Our country's government has stated many times that China will not be the first to use nuclear weapons, which fully demonstrates the justice of our country's possession of neutron bombs.