"But that's just trivial in the face of the universe's might; for us, nuclear bombs are still a terrifying weapon, even in the vastness of space."
Fu Mingdong obviously disagreed with Ai Quan's statement. As a nuclear expert, he was very clear about the power of nuclear bombs in space.
There's a common belief that nuclear explosions in a vacuum, because they cannot form shockwaves and have no medium to transfer heat, have an extremely limited ability to affect with nuclear radiation; their main destructive power relies on strong electromagnetic pulses to destroy electronic equipment, and personnel just need to be a little bit farther away to be unharmed.
But this is a misconception; in reality, the effects of a nuclear explosion in space are even more intense than on Earth.
In fact, when a hydrogen bomb explodes, it produces a vast amount of thermal radiation, most of which is in the form of soft X-rays.
