[PIF]

The best secret (from the Chinese perspective) Clinton gave them was the klystron switch (a little glass enclosed doodad) — the devise which makes a nuclear weapon into a thermonuclear weapon and make neutron bombs possible. They have them (tested [on several rural muslim villages] and ready to go), we do not. The best part of this “deal” for the Chinese was Billy gave it as a freebie/goodwill gesture - no political contributions necessary.

[chimera]

The krytron switch is a krypton (hence the Kr in the name) gas-filled tube used for fast switching of electric current and is used in the trigger circuits of nuclear weapons. The klystron tube is a linear amplifier device used in microwave and RF applications. The klystron is also used to produce intense RF fields in the ion bottles of particle accelerators to provide a supply of ions for acceleration.