Thermobaric weapon

A thermobaric weapon, aerosol bomb, fuel air explosive, or vacuum bomb^[1] is a type of explosive that uses oxygen from the surrounding air to create a high-temperature explosion.

This can be launched as a rocket or dropped from an airplane as a bomb.^[2]

Effects

In 2000, Human Rights Watch quoted United States authorities, on how the blast's "kill mechanism against living [things or] targets is unique—and unpleasant. ... What kills is the pressure wave, and more importantly, the subsequent [vacuum or] rarefaction, which ruptures the lungs. ... If the fuel [burns or] deflagrates but does not [... explode], victims will be severely burned and will probably also [... breathe] the burning fuel. [... The] most common FAE fuels [or fuel-air explosion fuels], ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, are highly toxic"; Breathing unexploded FAE adds to the risk of (related) death.^[3]

Weapons and warheads

TOS-1A rocket launchers on the ground and two rockets in the air (Picture from 2011)

TOS-1 (ТОС-1),^[4] a multiple rocket launcher (or MRLS)
- TOS-1A, multiple rocket launcher (or MRLS)^[5]

Other websites

Russian Thermobaric Weapons in Ukraine: What They Are and How They Act. 2024-04-15. Kyivpost.com

References

↑ Harrison, Virginia (2022-03-01). "What are thermobaric weapons and how do they work?". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
↑ "Ukraine conflict: What is a vacuum or thermobaric bomb?". BBc News. March 2, 2022. p. 1. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
↑ "Backgrounder on Russian Fuel Air Explosives ("Vacuum Bombs") | Human Rights Watch". Hrw.org. 1 February 2000. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
↑ https://www.aftenposten.no/verden/i/WjP0ok/meter-for-meter-kommer-russerne-naermere-slik-utkjempes-slaget-i-donbas. Aftenposten. Retrieved 1 June 2022
↑ [Putin's deadliest weapon: «The burning sun»] (in Norwegian) https://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/putins-dodeligste-vapen-den-brennende-sol/s/5-95-1031143. Nettavisen.no. Retrieved 2023-04-14

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[1] Harrison, Virginia (2022-03-01). "What are thermobaric weapons and how do they work?". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-03-01.

[2] "Ukraine conflict: What is a vacuum or thermobaric bomb?". BBc News. March 2, 2022. p. 1. Retrieved March 2, 2022.

[HRW1-3] "Backgrounder on Russian Fuel Air Explosives ("Vacuum Bombs") | Human Rights Watch". Hrw.org. 1 February 2000. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2013.

[MeteoritVehicle-4] ttps://www.aftenposten.no/verden/i/WjP0ok/meter-for-meter-kommer-russerne-naermere-slik-utkjempes-slaget-i-donbas. Aftenposten. Retrieved 1 June 2022

[5] [Putin's deadliest weapon: «The burning sun»] (in Norwegian) https://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/putins-dodeligste-vapen-den-brennende-sol/s/5-95-1031143. Nettavisen.no. Retrieved 2023-04-14

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