Monday, July 10, 2023

Brutal.

This is coolbert:

"A thermobaric weapon, also called an aerosol bomb, or a vacuum bomb, is a type of explosive that uses oxygen from the surrounding air to generate a high-temperature explosion. The fuel–air explosive is one of the best-known types of thermobaric weapons."

Vlad of Russia and the Russian in particular greatly fond of the grandiose weapon of prodigious size and destructive power. This however not exactly what I thought it was.

"Vladimir Putin Debuts Deadly 'Thermobaric Drone Ammo' Designed to Obliterate People and Objects: 'No Way of Protecting Yourself From It'"

From | Radar Online | Story by Joshua Wilburn •

"Russian President Vladimir Putin has revealed a new unmanned drone equipped with thermobaric weaponry, which poses a significant threat to targets, leaving their enemies with limited options to defend against it, RadarOnline.com has learned."

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"The drone, designed and built specifically to obliterate individual objects, reportedly comes in two sizes – 2kg and 4kg [four pounds/eight pounds]. This type of weapon is particularly effective against targets inside buildings and fortifications, as it leaves nowhere to hide."

My instantaneous thought was the Russian military now had a kamikaze-like drone able to deliver an enormous thermobaric warhead on target. But this is not so. Rather a mini-drone able to deliver on target an explosive of relatively small but nonetheless lethal nature.

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