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- adjective Describing various
weapons that useatmospheric oxygen to produce ablast wave of a significantly longer duration than those produced by condensed explosives.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The helicopters were flying too low to be hit by the Stingers, but they would make perfect targets for the RPGs, which were loaded with a new type of explosive called the thermobaric grenade.
The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011
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The helicopters were flying too low to be hit by the Stingers, but they would make perfect targets for the RPGs, which were loaded with a new type of explosive called the thermobaric grenade.
The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011
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One other terror weapon likely also is used called a thermobaric bomb which is a modification of still another prohibited weapon called fuel air explosives (FAE) that in their original form are enormously powerful and destroy and incinerate structures and people.
Imperialism 101 - The US Addiction to War, Mayhem and Madness - Part II 2006
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Again, it goes into a cave, it -- fine particles are ex -- are put into the area, and then it's called a thermobaric blast in which pressure builds up over time, and then is ignited in a delayed fashion.
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The Hellfire can also carry a "thermobaric" warhead, which generates a lethal pressure wave against fighters in caves.
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If the blast doesn't incinerate people, its second phase employs a technology based on the "thermobaric" principle which uses heat and pressure to kill people targeted across a wide field - by sucking the air out of their lungs and rupturing internal organs.
Archive 2007-09-01 2007
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If the blast doesn't incinerate people, its second phase employs a technology based on the "thermobaric" principle which uses heat and pressure to kill people targeted across a wide field - by sucking the air out of their lungs and rupturing internal organs.
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A new 'super-weapon' being supplied to British soldiers in Afghanistan employs technology based on the 'thermobaric' principle which uses heat and pressure to kill people targeted across a wide air by sucking the air out of lungs and rupturing internal organs.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: British Army deploys new weapon based on mass-killing technology 2007
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OpEdNews - Quicklink: British Army deploys new weapon based on mass-killing technology 2007
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Then there are the new versions of 25mm round, like fuel-air explosive (or "thermobaric").
StrategyPage.com 2009
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The thermobaric weapon, also known as an aerosol bomb or fuel air explosive, is a two-stage munition.
What are thermobaric weapons and how do they work? Virginia Harrison 2022
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