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 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.

Russia’s TOS-1A “vacuum bomb” is so deadly that analysts advised Ukraine to destroy the weapons before Russia could use them. WSJ explains how its unique explosion can suck the air out of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Temperatures from the explosive gases close to epicenter zone, especially with thermobaric heat ... plate and leads to crushed injury by blast effect into NOE comminuted fractures.

Since then, Russian technicians have engineered thermobaric adaptations to amplify the drones' lethality, producing a weapon that experts say leaves a devastating impact on both human and ...