In a tweet, the MoD said that Russia had confirmed the use of the TOS-1A weapon system in Ukraine. It said: "The TOS-1A uses thermobaric rockets, creating incendiary and blast effects." ...

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 ...

Thermobaric weapons ... a follow-up of the weapons that have proven their worth, exceeds the effect of several heavy air bombs, for example, ODAB-500Ps by its striking power.

Thermobaric weapons were also used by U.S. forces in the 1960s. The TOS-1 has a range of 5.6 miles, can be ready to fire within 90 seconds, and is used to create "incendiary and blast effects ...

Ukraine has denied Russia used a weapon dubbed "the father of all bombs" in the northeast of the country, as experts ...

The thermobaric device yields the equivalent of 44 tons of TNT using about seven tons of a new type of high explosive. Because of this, the bomb's blast and pressure wave have a similar effect to ...

This thermobaric weapon is a modern model with a single-stage effect. The previous generation of such munitions had a two-stage effect – first it filled the space with an explosive substance ...

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 ...

They consume all the oxygen in their vicinity, leaving a devastating effect that extends ... between a drone carrying a usual 50kg explosive payload or thermobaric weapons and one without a ...