#thermobaric bomb

[rightnewshindi]

कुर्स्क क्षेत्र में यूक्रेन के कब्जे से बौखलाया रूस, थर्मोबैरिक बम से कर रहा हमला; जानें कितना खतरनाक है यह बम

Russia Ukraine War Latest News: रूसी सेना की मुसीबतें कम होने का नाम नहीं ले रही हैं. ढाई साल से भी ज्यादा समय से यूक्रेन से युद्ध लड़ रहे रूस को लगातार किसी न किसी मोर्चे पर शिकस्त मिल रही है. अब खबर है कि यूक्रेन की सेना ने कुर्स्क क्षेत्र के बड़े हिस्से पर कब्जा कर लिया है. कई मीडिया रिपोर्ट में दावा किया जा रहा है कि यूक्रेन के सैनिकों ने रूस के अंदर 350 वर्ग किमी क्षेत्र पर अपना कब्जा कर…

[worldwidebreakingnews]

Humanitarian Horror over Thermobaric Bombing in Ukraine Vladimir Putin's forces have been reported to have used thermobaric bombs to destroy a town in Ukraine

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[rainbowgod666]

MA VAFFANCU-

I can’t believe i have to work 😔

[opencommunion]

"Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor disclosed on Tuesday that it had received testimonies indicating that bodies of Palestinians killed by the Israeli occupation in Gaza seemed to have 'evaporated or melted,' suggesting the use of prohibited thermal weapons in residential areas.

The Geneva-based rights group called for an international investigation into the matter, urging that an 'international committee of experts must be established to look into the weapons Israel has been using as part of its genocide in the Gaza Strip ... including the potential use of bombs that produce such high heat that victims’ bodies evaporate.'

According to the report, the genocidal war on Gaza, which has resulted in the martyrdom of over 34,000 Palestinians at the least, raises concerns about the potential use of 'thermal weapons', or what are known as 'vacuum bombs' - well-known in military circles for their efficacy in demolishing caves and underground tunnel complexes.

'A number of the victims killed in these horrifying Israeli raids on residential buildings have vanished and may have turned to ashes, raising questions about the type of bombs used in the attacks,' Euro-Med said, also adding that thousands of martyrs 'remain missing, either because it was impossible to recover them from under the debris in light of insufficient equipment and technical know-how, or because their bodies were either hidden by the Israeli army or no longer exist.'"

1 May 24

[sayruq]

The Geneva-based Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med) released a report on 30 April urging an investigation into Israel’s potential use of illegal thermal weapons. “An international committee of experts must be established to look into the weapons Israel has been using as part of its genocide in the Gaza Strip … including the potential use of bombs that produce such high heat that victims’ bodies evaporate,” the Euro-Med report said. The rights group cites testimonies received from Gaza which revealed a “horrific new level of killing in the Strip.” The bodies of Palestinian victims appear to have been vaporized by the weapons Israel used against residential buildings. “Thousands of victims remain missing, either because it was impossible to recover them from under the debris in light of insufficient equipment and technical know-how, or because their bodies were either hidden by the Israeli army or no longer exist,” the Euro-Med report reads. The report continues to say, “A number of the victims killed in these horrifying Israeli raids on residential buildings have vanished and may have turned to ashes, raising questions about the type of bombs used in the attacks.” Thermobaric weapons, also referred to as vacuum bombs, are two-stage munitions. The first charge disperses a fine aerosol cloud of materials ranging from carbon-based fuel to metal particles. The second charge ignites the materials used, creating a fireball, shock wave, and vacuum as it sucks up the surrounding oxygen. The blast from these weapons can last significantly longer than conventional explosives, enabling it to vaporize human bodies. Mass graves in Gaza hospitals previously raided by Israel show that civil defense staff found “bodies without skin,” according to Gaza’s Government Media Office. According to the Euro-Med report, “The Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, the Geneva Conventions of 1949, and international humanitarian law all forbid the use of thermal bombs against civilians in populated civilian areas. The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court also classifies the use of thermal bombs as a war crime.” Israel has also illegally deployed white phosphorus weapons on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Gaza and Lebanon. According to a Washington Post analysis, the white phosphorus munitions used in Lebanon’s south were supplied to Israel by the US. Palestine’s Agricultural Work Committees Union said that Israel intentionally uses chemical weapons on farmlands in the Gaza Strip to contaminate its soil, posing an increased cancer risk to farmers.

[awesome-casuallyfamouscollector]

The house occupied by the Russians before and after the arrival of the "Fat Drone": The Ukrainian invented and manufactured "Fat Drone" is an amazingly powerful, accurate and effective weapon with an explosion almost equivalent to the GBU-39 aviation bomb. It is very compact, light and extremely efficient thermobaric weapon...but its main advantage is that it is made in Ukraine...

[darkmaga-returns]

Groundbreaking new peer-reviewed research, studiously ignored by the mainstream media, reveals the truth: the spike protein isn’t a miracle of modern science, it’s a cardiotoxin, silently attacking your heart.

The chemicals in these vaccines were engineered with the precision of a thermobaric bomb—each component calibrated to set off a countdown. And that countdown? It’s ticking toward a heart attack.

And here’s the chilling part – according to world-leading cardiologists, billions of the vaccinated have an activation date. For most, it’s five years before the damage turns deadly.

The countdown has begun. The global population is scheduled to collapse. Will you be ready when the bombs explode?

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A group of leading cardiologists has issued a chilling warning: the global rise in heart failure and related deaths can be directly linked to a “cardiotoxin” produced by the Covid mRNA vaccines.

According to top cardiologists in New Zealand, the spike proteins generated by mRNA vaccines are now officially recognized as cardiotoxins—substances that cause severe, and usually irreversible, damage to the heart.

Their findings, published in peer-reviewed research, point to this toxic protein as the primary culprit behind the alarming surge in heart-related illnesses and fatalities worldwide.

Experts now caution that the evidence is undeniable: Covid mRNA injections have triggered a sharp increase in heart attack deaths globally.

[yuri-alexseygaybitch]

Fuckmann is going to make Ellie drop thermobaric bombs on the thinly veiled Palestinian stand-ins

[cantsayidont]

The baffling assertion I keep seeing from angry election-scolds is that Trump is now going to LEVEL Gaza, as if the Biden administration … hasn't already been doing that for over a year?

The recent Watson Institute report on U.S. military funding to Israel during the current genocide includes this partial list compiled from publicly available sources:

Note the red-circled reference to Mk84 bombs? A Mk84 is an American general purpose bomb with a nominal weight of 2,000 lb (907 kg). About half that is a steel case, the rest is high explosive: 945 lb (428.7 kg) of H6 or Tritonal. This is what one looks like:

Christopher Chant's World Encyclopædia of Modern Air Weapons (Patrick L. Stephens, 1988) describes the effects of this weapon like this:

General-purpose bombs are designed mainly for a combination of blast and fragmentation, and are thus based on a comparatively thick-walled casing with a substantial explosive filling to ensure penetration and considerable upheaval: typically a 2,000-lb (907-kg) general-purpose bomb can form a crater 50 ft (15.24 m) in diameter and 36 ft (10.97 m) in depth by blasting out some 8,500 cu ft (240.7 m³) of earth. Depending on drop height the bomb can alternatively penetrate 15 in (380 mm) of metal or 11 ft (3.35 m) of concrete, and disperse shrapnel to a lethal radius of 400 yards (366 m). [emphasis added]

Those photos you've seen of Gaza showing gigantic holes in the ground in the middle of refugee camps? Each of those was probably caused by a single one of these weapons, and the U.S. has provides Israel with at least 14,100 of them, along with various other weapons, some significantly more awful. (Don't look up "thermobaric munition" unless you want to lose your lunch.)

Biden and Harris might occasionally make concerned-face expressions, but they have been enthusiastically engaged (with the eager support of Congress), to the tune of more than $20 billion USD, in leveling Gaza.

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The plant handles ethylene oxide.

The fire started in an area of the plant that handles ethylene oxide

Ethylene oxide is a primary component of thermobaric munitions, which includes the AGM-114 Hellfire missile, the BLU-118/B thermobaric bomb, the XM1060 40mm thermobaric grenade, and the SMAW-NE antitank missile.

As unpleasant as it may be to contemplate the possibility, the USA is now almost certainly finding itself on the business end of the special operations spear that it has so heavily utilized around the world for the last 40 years.

While one assumes the Russians are the most likely culprits, the Chinese have been preparing for direct conflict with the US military for more than 20 years and it is certainly in their interest to ensure that US munitions supplies remain scarce.

July 16, 2023

[sinstear]

Hi hun! Js letting you know that this is actually not how thermobaric bombs work. Nor does the explosion look like that. What actually happens with a thermobaric bomb is that it releases flammable aerosol of liquid gas or powder into the air and then ignites it. It’s actually right in the name! Thermobaric=fuel-air. So a person being hit by that will look burnt to a crisp and not asleep. Also Israel only has 1 thermobaric system and it’s a de-mining tool and it’s installed in armored vehicles and actually has not been used in Gaza ever! Just a little fyi :) Other than that carry on!

Thank you for letting me know, baby <3

[kendrixtermina]

(the purpose of the bayonett)

what is the purpose of the bayonett?

You pretend that they don’t know,

while it sits meaningfully in the corner, leaning on the wall.

Don’t you know that if you keep these weapons,

you will in time be forced to justify them?

Come up with some reason why you’re keeping,

why you’re spending all the money on these,

and not, who knows what. Bike Lanes. Student Loans. Healthcare.

Anything that is kept will in time seek to justify itself.

Drumming up fear – the atom bomb sits at the negotiationg table.

don’t you think,

that if you keep on hoarding all these weapons,

in time there will come a day where they may be used?

si vis pacem,

parabellum straight to the head and shoot

all the ones lined up.

And no, they will not learn from it,

it will not be some last time or mean anything in particular,

not the blood you bleed,

and not the blood you shed.

Poison rain sulphur phosphorus burn,

scorching holes in the flesh to the bone,

swiss cheese of moonscape relief,

buildings blending and melting and twisting until you can’t discern up our down,

flesh coating the walls.

Folding into -

swiftly to hell in a handbasket.

Thermobaric poor man’s nuke,

fallout acid rain in long-poisoned bays.

Maimed lived with no hope that yet screech to live.

What is the purpose of the bayonett?

It is the purpose that it’s always been.

What is the purpose of the bayonett?

The purpose of the bayonett is to

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[docwmedicineman]

With a thermobaric warheads ! ! I can hear the gasping already ! ! Bunkers and protective systems are useless because the tiny multiple aerosol bombs destroy the oxygen in the surrounding air and you suffocate from lack of oxygen ! !

[awesome-casuallyfamouscollector]

Something new and interesting on the battlefield: Ukrainian FPV drone burns Russian positions with thermite, Ukraine, September 2, 2024. Source: MilitaryNewsUA

P.S. A flamethrower drone, that's an interesting innovation!? Would it be good to try dropping napalm or thermobaric bombs on Russian war criminals?

[cyberbenb]

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine strikes drone storage facility in Russia's Oryol Oblast and destroys 200 Shaheds, General Staff reports

Key developments on Jan. 25-26:

Ukraine strikes drone storage facility in Russia’s Oryol Oblast and destroys 200 Shaheds, General Staff reports

Rubio halts most foreign aid, including Ukraine assistance, Politico reports

Russia launched over 1,250 bombs, 750 drones at Ukraine during Trump’s first week in office

Ukrainian troops avoid encirclement in Velyka Novosilka, military says

Russia’s Ryazan oil refinery in flames after drone strike, reports say

Ukrainian Air Force units and Defense Forces struck drone storage facilities in Russia’s western Oryol Oblast on Jan. 26, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported on Facebook on Jan. 26.

The strike targeted concrete structures housing thermobaric warheads for drones, causing a significant secondary detonation.

“The results and extent of the damage are being specified, but it is preliminary known that more than 200 ‘Shaheds’ will no longer be used against our country,” the statement said.

Preliminary reports indicate that over 200 Shahed strike drones were destroyed, rendering them unusable for future attacks on Ukraine.

The statement emphasized that operations against critical facilities supporting attacks on Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure will continue.

Russia has launched thousands of cheap but effective Iranian-designed Shahed drones against Ukraine since the fall of 2022.

Shaheds and its domestic-made variants like Geran are often used for strikes against Ukrainian cities and infrastructure.

Shahed-136 drones' flying range, claimed by various sources, varies from 1,000 kilometers (about 620 miles) to 2,500 kilometers (about 1,550 miles). They are said to weigh about 200 kilograms with a maximum flight speed of about 185 kilometers (115 miles) per hour.

Western media, such as the New York Times, has reported the cost of each Shahed-136 drone to be as low as $20,000.

The Oryol region was the target of numerous Ukrainian attacks over the last month, when a drone storage, maintenance, and repair facility was destroyed on Dec. 28 and when an oil depot was hit by drones, later catching on fire, on Dec. 22.

Fiber-optic cable between Latvia and Sweden significantly damaged in Baltic Sea, investigation underway

An underwater fiber optic cable belonging to the Latvian State Radio and Television Broadcasting Center (LVRTC) was significantly damaged on Jan. 26, reportedly due to external impact, according to LVRTC representative Vineta Sprugaine.

The Kyiv IndependentSonya Bandouil

Rubio halts most foreign aid, including Ukrainian assistance, Politico reports

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Jan. 24 new guidance that halts spending on most foreign aid grants for 90 days. This directive, which took State Department officials by surprise, appears to include funding for military assistance to Ukraine, Politico reports.

According to a document obtained by the news outlet, the guidance requires staff to issue “stop-work orders” on nearly all “existing foreign assistance awards” and is effective immediately.

The Kyiv Independent can’t immediately verify this information.

Rubio’s guidance goes beyond President Donald Trump’s recent executive order, which called for a 90-day pause on foreign aid grants while the secretary reviews them. The president’s order left some ambiguity about whether already appropriated funds or Ukraine aid would be affected, but Rubio’s directive makes it clear that no further actions will be taken to disburse funds for already approved programs, according to current and former officials familiar with the matter.

The sweeping nature of the mandate shocked many within the department. “State just totally went nuclear on foreign assistance,” one official told Politico. While the document allows some exceptions—such as foreign military financing for Egypt and Israel, emergency food assistance, and “legitimate expenses incurred prior to the date of this” guidance—its broad scope leaves room for interpretation. It also states that decisions must remain “consistent with the terms of the relevant award."

Officials believe the halt will affect key allies, including Ukraine, Jordan, and Taiwan. One State Department official and two former Biden administration officials, all speaking anonymously, voiced concerns about the potential impact on these partners. The guidance could expose the U.S. government to lawsuits for unfulfilled contracts if the terms are found to be violated. However, the directive states that decisions regarding the continuation, modification, or termination of programs will follow Rubio’s review.

The omission of Ukraine aid is particularly concerning for American officials who see supporting Ukraine as essential to defeating Russia. While Republicans, including Trump, have long criticized what they view as wasteful foreign aid under Democratic administrations, Trump has recently intensified his stance on Russia. He has threatened Moscow with sanctions if it does not end its nearly three-year invasion of Ukraine and declared that “Putin bears responsibility for ending the war."

The guidance was reviewed and cleared by several senior State Department officials, including counselor Michael Needham and policy planning director Michael Anton. The department is now tasked with preparing a report within 85 days of the guidance’s issuance.

US diplomats push for exemption on Ukraine aid amid 90-day freeze, Zelensky says military aid has not stopped

Senior diplomats in the State Department’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs requested a full waiver to exclude U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) operations in Ukraine from a 90-day foreign aid freeze, the Financial Times reports.

The Kyiv IndependentOlena Goncharova

Russia launched over 1,250 bombs, 750 drones at Ukraine during Trump’s first week in office

Russia fired 1,250 aerial bombs, over 750 attack drones, and 20 missiles at Ukraine in the last week, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Jan 26. The attacks targeted Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv,Donetsk, Kherson, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts. One of the worst attacks of the week killed at least one person and injured 45 in Zaporizhzhia after Russian forces pummeled the city with drones and missiles, hitting apartment blocks. Overnight on Jan. 25-26, Russian troops launched 72 drones. Ukraine’s air defense downed 50, said the Air Force. “Long-range capabilities are crucial. Sanctions are essential. Lowering the price of oil is important. The key is to act in unity and protect lives with resolve,” Zelensky wrote on social media. In one of his first address since taking office, President Donald Trump threatened to leverage sanctions against Moscow as well as tackle oil prices that keep Russia’s economy afloat. During his speech to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Jan. 23, Trump said that lowering oil prices would end Russia’s war against Ukraine “immediately.” He said he would ask the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to decrease oil prices. He’s also pushed for ramped-up drilling for U.S. oil and gas which could also undermine Russia’s fuel sector. A day before the WEF, Trump said that if a “deal” to end the war in Ukraine was not reached soon, he would have no choice but to “put high levels of taxes, tariffs, and sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States and other participating countries."

Russia bombs itself with ‘smart bomb,’ Astra reports

The bomb, a UMPB-250, was found in a village in Belgorod Oblast, but there were no casualties or damage.

The Kyiv IndependentThe Kyiv Independent news desk

Ukrainian troops avoid encirclement in Velyka Novosilka, military says

Ukrainian troops avoided encirclement as Russian forces are poised to capture Velyka Novosilka, Donetsk Oblast, said the 110th Separate Mechanised Brigade.

Ukrainian troops successfully withdrew from some areas to avoid being encircled but fighting is ongoing around the village, which lies around 15 kilometers east of the neighboring Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Equipment on both sides wears thin but Russian infantry vastly outnumbers the Ukrainian side, the brigade wrote on its Telegram channel.

While Russian troops will likely capture the village soon, they will struggle to advance their offensive onward. The Mokri Yaly River creates an obstacle for Russia’s advance and Russian troops are in a vulnerable “fire pocket,” said the brigade.

“Any movement is suppressed by shells and drones,” said the brigade.

The river also hindered supply routes to the Ukrainians. On Jan 23, Military spokesperson Viktor Trehubov warned that Ukrainian troops were at risk of encirclement.

Russian forces are attempting to take control of access routes to the village through heavy fire, Trehubov noted.

The Russian Defense Ministry claimed on Jan. 24 that its troops had planted a Russian flag in the center of Velyka Novosilka and that they had split the town in two, cutting off Ukrainian forces. The southern pocket fell most recently.

Experts told the Kyiv Independent that Ukrainian troops were likely holding onto the village’s northwestern areas and Russia expected to complete the capture in “days.”

If they do, it will be Russia’s first notable win this year.

It is unclear how many Ukrainian troops were trapped inside the southern pocket in Velyka Novosilka, but it could be around two or three battalions, according to Pasi Paroinen at the Finland-based open-source intelligence organization Black Bird Group. The number of soldiers is probably around several hundred, he added.

Fighting is at a very heavy level in Donetsk Oblast and Russian troops continue to advance, albeit slowly, this year. ​​Throughout the fall of 2024, Russian forces made operational gains in southern Donetsk Oblast, including areas near Toretsk and Chasiv Yar, while advancing near Kupiansk and on Russian soil in Kursk Oblast.

Potential encirclement in Velyka Novosilka prompts questions about last-ditch withdrawal strategy

Thrusting forward with their vast manpower advantage, Russian troops are gradually penetrating Ukrainian defenses on the western edge of Donetsk Oblast and are close to capturing Velyka Novosilka. Located about 15 kilometers east of the neighboring Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, the vital road-junction vil…

The Kyiv IndependentAsami Terajima

Russia’s Ryazan oil refinery in flames after drone strike, reports say

A fire erupted at Russia’s Ryazan Oil Refinery after a drone strike overnight on Jan. 26, according to Russian media reports.

The reported strike comes two nights after the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SOS) launched a joint attack against the Ryazan Oil Refinery on Jan. 24.

Locals reported sounds of explosions and an attempted drone attack on the refinery shortly before 1 a.m. on Jan. 26, the Russian Telegram news channel Astra said. Ryazan Oblast Governor Pavlo Malkov confirmed that Russian air defense units were repelling a drone attack in the region.

Andrii Kovalenko, the counter-disinformation chief at Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, posted video to his official Telegram channel purporting to show a fire at the refinery after it was hit by drones.

Astra confirmed that video footage of the fires circulating online was filmed at the site of the refinery, but said that because of the timing of the strike it was difficult to determine whether the fire was from a new hit or the Jan. 24 attack.

The Kyiv Independent could not verify these claims at the time of publication.

The Ryazan Oil Refinery, one of Russia’s largest, has the capacity to process 17 million metric tons of oil per year. Profits from fossil fuels fund Russia’s war machine and Ukraine considers oil industry facilities to be valid military targets.

Ryazan lies roughly 500 kilometers (310 miles) north of Ukraine’s border.

Ukrainian forces have targeted the Ryazan facility in previous attacks. An SBU source told the Kyiv Independent that at least three oil depots and a workshop were set ablaze in the Jan. 24 strike.

Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) also carried out a drone attack on the Ryazan Oil Refinery on May 1, 2024.

Kovalenko said on Jan. 24 that the refinery is a key facility in Russia’s military-industrial complex.

“The refinery plays an important role in providing fuel for both the civilian and military-industrial complex of Russia,” he said on Telegram.

“It produces fuel for military equipment, aviation kerosene, diesel fuel and other types of petroleum products used in tanks, aircraft, ships and other equipment of the Russian Armed Forces."

Donetsk Oblast to forcibly evacuate children from over 20 settlements

Due to the increased threat to civilian lives, authorities will begin mandatory forced evacuations of children in several settlements in the Komar and Kryvorizhzhia communities, Governor Vadim Filashkin said.

The Kyiv IndependentAbbey Fenbert