Respectfully, this isn't how or why thermobarics work. A thermobaric bomb has fuel and possibly oxidizer dispersed in the air, and this cloud is then ignited creating an explosion.
It's effective in bunkers because the explosion is dispersed in all the "nooks and crannies" instead of radiating out from a central point. The burning up the oxygen is part of what makes it effective in bunkers...you don't have to collapse or burn the whole thing, you can just smother the personnel.
I said in the other comment they could be using the thermobsric explanation to cover for a bomb planted in the interior.
I have thought that is why the bomb went off in the morning at dawn. It was timed for the air to be as still as possible. A strong wind would disperse the fuel and render the bomb much less effective.
Respectfully, this isn't how or why thermobarics work. A thermobaric bomb has fuel and possibly oxidizer dispersed in the air, and this cloud is then ignited creating an explosion.
It's effective in bunkers because the explosion is dispersed in all the "nooks and crannies" instead of radiating out from a central point. The burning up the oxygen is part of what makes it effective in bunkers...you don't have to collapse or burn the whole thing, you can just smother the personnel.
I said in the other comment they could be using the thermobsric explanation to cover for a bomb planted in the interior.
I have thought that is why the bomb went off in the morning at dawn. It was timed for the air to be as still as possible. A strong wind would disperse the fuel and render the bomb much less effective.
This is how I understood it, but understood "dug in" as "trenches"
They obviously tried to avoid casualties by audio with warnings, so that can't be a motive here.
That's a good comment, but it ruins the narrative that a state actor was at work.
Thanks for respect for a larp!