Experiments were conducted to study the underwater explosion performance of titanium hydride/RDXbased (TiH 2 /RDX) composite explosive. Cylinder charges with different TiH 2 particle sizes and contents were prepared and tested. Explosion parameters like peak overpressure, impulse, shock energy, and bubble energy were analyzed. It was notable that underwater explosion performance of TiH 2 /RDX composite explosive was promoted by addition of small particle size TiH 2 (D 50 = 0.96 mm), in which case increasing TiH 2 content also showed a favorable effect. The maximum increments of specific initial shock energy, bubble energy, and total energy were 10.5%, 6.4%, and 7.1% respectively. However, with bigger TiH 2 particle sizes (D 50 = 20.78 mm, D 50 = 136.74 mm), the explosion parameters and the TiH 2 content showed a negative relationship, which reveals that TiH 2 particle size plays an important role in determining the reactivity of TiH 2 . Meanwhile, the interaction between TiH 2 particle size and content was significant.