Putin's monster explosive is known officially as ... But it remains unclear if weapons of this type, and even the thermobaric father of all bombs, were used during the Chechen war.

This refers to the powerful thermobaric bomb ODAB-9000, called the "father of all bombs." The missile was allegedly dropped on Vovchansk. Kyiv warns that such false information could be part of an ...

A thermobaric bomb (also called a vacuum or aerosol ... Four years later, Russia developed a similar device, the Father of all bombs". This created an explosion equivalent to a 44-tonne ...

Ukraine has denied Russia used a weapon dubbed "the father of all bombs" in the northeast of ... settlement of Vovchansk with ...

Thermobaric munitions, also known as aerosol or vacuum bombs, work by explosively dispersing an aerosol cloud of gas, liquid or powdered explosive which mixes with the surrounding air to create a ...

This has several thousand pre-formed fragments and 55 pounds/25 kilos of explosive. The latest, the fifth iteration is stamped with the designation TBBCh-50 and filled with thermobaric explosive.

When deployed, thermobaric ordnance is a devastating weapon as it employs oxygen from the surrounding air to generate a high-temperature explosion. Also known as aerosol or vacuum bombs ...

The news comes as controversy grows over some of the weapons Moscow has used during the conflict in Ukraine, including the thermobaric bomb, which produces a blast that is "second only to a ...

Thanks to optical trickery, radar can’t distinguish a drone armed with a Shahed’s usual 50kg payload of explosives or with a thermobaric weapon – also known as a vacuum bomb – from those ...

Russia has begun to use thermobaric warheads on Shahed-136 attack drones en masse, which pose a much greater threat in attacks on buildings. Source: Defense Express Quote: "The existence of this ...

Thermobaric warheads generate a powerful vortex of intense heat and pressure capable of breaching thick walls. They consume all the oxygen in their vicinity, leaving a devastating effect that extends ...

Also known as ‘Thermobaric’, is a weapon that ... According to several media reports, this weapon is called ‘Father of all bombs’ because these bombs are capable of exploding with the ...