A number of human rights groups (HAM) and the Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States (US) compactly accused Russia of attacking Ukraine with vacuum bombs.
A vehicle carrying a Russian tank with a vacuum bomb launcher on it is seen at the Ukrainian border. The vacuum bomb is another name for thermobaric which has terrible abilities
The vacuum bomb, another name is thermobaric, which has terrible abilities. "They used a vacuum bomb today," said Ukraine's ambassador to the United States, Oksana Markarova
This thermobaric bomb is banned by the Geneva convention, so terrible. Even his nickname is 'father of all bombs' and the deadliest outside nuclear bombs.
The Russian military parade shows off a T-72 tank with a Thermobaric bomb launcher on it.
These bombs usually consist of a container of fuel and two separate explosives. Thermobaric is effective in both open and closed spaces, such as bunkers.
It is capable of sucking oxygen from the surrounding air to produce a high-temperature explosion and generate a blast wave that is significantly longer in duration than conventional explosives and is capable of vaporizing the human body.
Test of the Thermobaric bomb by Russia.
When fired, the explosion spreads a 'chemical cloud' in the air, like a lethal deodorant spray.
These gas 'clouds' can seep everywhere, into buildings and beyond, before a secondary explosion ignites the 'cloud', causing a large and long-lasting explosion. The explosion can kill humans horribly, even body armor is useless.
"The TOS-1 rocket barrage will obliterate anything within 200 to 300 meters of the blast zone," said military expert Sebastian Roblin.
In addition, outside the blast zone, the intense pressure waves generated from the explosion can crush bones, damage eyes, cause internal bleeding, damage ears, digestion, and other internal organs. Oxygen can be absorbed from the lungs so that the victim collapses and dies.
The technology was created starting in the 1980s and is not exclusively Russia, countries like the United States are also developing it. The idea has been around since World War II.