The tension continues due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but now the Russian attack could increase in level, since the CNN channel, which does minute-by-minute coverage from the European country, presumes that Vladimir Putin is about to launch a bombardment with the powerful weapon thermobaric that it possesses.
The American channel reported the presence of Russian TOS-1 type missile launchers that could load this type of projectiles in a city near Kharkov, the second most populous city in the country and which has already been bombed.
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The thermobaric weapon with which Vladimir Putin threatens
A thermobaric weapon works by using oxygen from the surrounding air to generate a high-temperature blast, making it much more lethal than a conventional weapon. It is also known as a “vacuum bomb”, and was the Russian response to the bomb sent by the United States in Afghanistan.
This weapon could wipe out several Ukrainian cities in a very short time, with no time at all. This increases the concern for the Ukrainian troops that until now prevent the Russians from taking over Kiev, the country’s capital.
A thermobaric weapon creates a large shock wave and can suffocate thousands of people in a few moments. These bombs are composed of two explosive charges, as explained by the Middle East Technical University of Turkey in an article.
A charge that spreads a cloud of fuel through the atmosphere and mixes with the oxygen present. And another explosive charge that detonates the fuel. This combustion consumes the oxygen and creates a kind of vacuum that causes a high temperature explosion.
As stated in the media such as The Guardian, these weapons create a large shock wave with high pressure and temperature. They can cause people to die from suffocation due to lack of oxygen or from burning from the environment.
It can be thrown in open or closed spaces, since what it does is drown the area and that is why they are also effective in closed spaces.
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TOS-1 missile launchers are ready to bomb Ukraine
CNN journalist Frederik Pleitgen published a video on February 26 showing T-72 armored vehicles carrying TOS-1 type missile launchers.
This image is somewhat alarming, since there are records of thermobaric projectile launches from this type of missile launcher, although they also admit incendiary-type ammunition, as stated on the website specialized in weapons material Military-Today.
Officers “from the west” warned on Friday, February 25, of the possibility that Russia would use this type of weapons, which they had already used in other previous conflicts. In the Soviet Union’s war with Afghanistan in the 1980s, it was one of the conflicts and later in the Chechnya war (1999-2004), according to the British newspaper The Telegraph.
Thermobaric bomb is “the father” of all bombs
The missile launcher can be loaded with up to 24 projectiles, that is, two dozen vacuum bombs, and in 2020 it was the most recent time that this war vehicle was seen performing military maneuvers in public in a demonstration broadcast by the Russian agency RT .
In September 2007, Russia tested the largest thermobaric weapon ever made which it called the “Father of All Bombs”, in response to the US “Mother of All Bombs” which had been tested in 2003. Russian army said theirs was “four times more powerful” than the American one. (I)
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