NATO uses vacuum bombs in Afghanistan
G (translated) | 04.03.2002 17:37
This deadly weapon was first used a few years ago by the Russian army in Chechnya. Back then, the West initiated protest against it being used.
The bomb is designed to suck up all the oxygen within a distance of about 200 metres, creating a vacuum for a split second. This results in the collapse of the lungs and the explosion of blood vessels in all human beings and animals in the affected area. If it detonates at the entrance of a cave, everybody inside the cave suffocates.
The bomb is designed to suck up all the oxygen within a distance of about 200 metres, creating a vacuum for a split second. This results in the collapse of the lungs and the explosion of blood vessels in all human beings and animals in the affected area. If it detonates at the entrance of a cave, everybody inside the cave suffocates.
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Have a look here
04.03.2002 17:51
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Not how they work
04.03.2002 18:57
To see how this works (at home) take any burnable substance which is in the form of finely divided particles (dried fungus spores were probably the first thing used this way). Try to light a little pile. Maybe burns, maybe not even easy to light. Now instead, throw into the air so it disperses as a fine power near a candle or other open flame (careful! not too much). FLASH!
Instead of the mass of a bomb being explosive, it can be a "fuel" in fine powdered form. A small explosive charge distributes it through the air over a large area, then a second charge lights it off. The point is, the Oxygen in the air was there already, doesn't count in the mass of the bomb. By weight, most "explosives" are mostly the Oxygen source(eg: the Potasium Nitrate which is the Oxygen source in "black powder" makes up 75%).
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