re: #204 Render

The word “thermonuclear” means fusion bomb, AKA hydrogen bomb.

The quote is refuting that they produced a H-bomb with only 10kt yield, not that it wasn’t a fission bomb.

10kt is plenty bad. That’s many city blocks vaporized with significant damage for a mile.

Note that India has also had issues with getting a H-bomb to work with only a 60kt yield as their record so far.