Thermobaric weapon

A thermobaric weapon, aerosol bomb, fuel air explosive, or vacuum bomb 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.

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.

Weapons and warheads

TOS-1 (ТОС-1),https://www.aftenposten.no/verden/i/WjP0ok/meter-for-meter-kommer-russerne-naermere-slik-utkjempes-slaget-i-donbas. Aftenposten. Retrieved 1 June 2022 a multiple rocket launcher (or MRLS)
TOS-1A, multiple rocket launcher (or MRLS)[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

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

References

Category:Explosives