FBI investigator on the bomb used in Nashville: "We’ve never seen an improvised thermobaric device before in this country or any country" -- “It’s very difficult to get the timing down" -- “He couldn’t have done it the first time and made it work. There had to be a test area” - Conspiracies

FBI investigator on the bomb used in Nashville: "We’ve never seen an improvised thermobaric device before in this country or any country" -- “It’s very difficult to get the timing down" -- “He couldn’t have done it the first time and made it work. There had to be a test area” (archive.is)

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– newuserfromreddit 3 points 3 years ago +3 / -0

Yeah, I was just about to say this. Thermobaric weapons consume oxygen, which makes them good for suffocation in tunnels, but they also generate a sustained blast wave, which makes them good for busting fortifications.

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– illiac-iv 1 point 3 years ago +1 / -0

What is the fuel? I was parroting what I remember (perhaps incorrectly) war nerd Gary Brecher said, but he rarely talked about technical details.

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