Probably bullshit. I've never seen a thermobaric bomb or damage, but
1.) a thermobaric bomb's purpose is to burn people and to burn oxygen for suffocating people. Harming people was clearly a no-no here.
2.) a thermobaric bomb must explode quickly for dispersing the fuel over a large space, but does not do as much damage as conventional explosives. Usually dropped from airplanes during raids. Why all the effort for something inappropriate?
3.) at least one explosion came from inside the AT&T building, as evidenced by videos and square manhole damage. A thermobaric bomb is for scorching dug-in people outdoors.
The relatively little damage (in the relatively confined space of the street) with all the soot is more or less like that in the oaklahoma city bombing and the oslo bombing, both of which were fertilizer bombs, only much bigger. Armyfags or naysayer who know better are welcome here. I'm a larp and want to know better, too.
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.
Probably bullshit. I've never seen a thermobaric bomb or damage, but
1.) a thermobaric bomb's purpose is to burn people and to burn oxygen for suffocating people. Harming people was clearly a no-no here.
2.) a thermobaric bomb must explode quickly for dispersing the fuel over a large space, but does not do as much damage as conventional explosives. Usually dropped from airplanes during raids. Why all the effort for something inappropriate?
3.) at least one explosion came from inside the AT&T building, as evidenced by videos and square manhole damage. A thermobaric bomb is for scorching dug-in people outdoors.
The relatively little damage (in the relatively confined space of the street) with all the soot is more or less like that in the oaklahoma city bombing and the oslo bombing, both of which were fertilizer bombs, only much bigger. Armyfags or naysayer who know better are welcome here. I'm a larp and want to know better, too.
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.
What is the fuel? I was parroting what I remember (perhaps incorrectly) war nerd Gary Brecher said, but he rarely talked about technical details.