Thermobaric weapons are controversial because they are much more devastating than conventional explosives of similar size, and have a terrible impact on anyone caught in their blast radius.

This is four times more than the US' model which obliterates anything in its blast zone, which is twice that of the MOAB. Putin's monster explosive is known officially as the Aviation Thermobaric ...

Blast ocular orbital trauma includes rupture ... Temperatures from the explosive gases close to epicenter zone, especially with thermobaric heat, are higher than in high explosives.

The plant at Russia’s Alabuga Special Economic Zone recently started churning out thermobaric drones alongside ... inflicted even outside the initial blast site: collapsed lungs, crushed ...

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 ...

Alabuga’s thermobaric drones are particularly destructive when they strike buildings, because they are also loaded with ball bearings to cause maximum damage even beyond the superheated blast.

Alabuga’s thermobaric drones are particularly destructive when they strike buildings, because they are also loaded with ball bearings to cause maximum damage even beyond the superheated blast.