Father of All Bombs
Russian thermobaric bomb
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- Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power ( ATBIP ), nicknamed "Father of All Bombs" ( FOAB ; Russian: "Папа всех бомб", Пвб ), is a Russian-designed, bomber-delivered thermobaric weapon.
- FOAB was successfully field-tested in the late evening of 11 September 2007.
- Because of this, the bomb's blast and pressure wave have a similar effect to a small tactical nuclear weapon.
- Thermobaric weapons differ from conventional explosive weapons in that they generate a longer, more sustained blast wave with greater temperatures.
- According to General Aleksandr Rukshin, the Russian Deputy Chief of the General Staff, the new bomb was smaller than the MOAB but much deadlier because the temperature at the centre of the blast is twice as high.
Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power (ATBIP), nicknamed "Father of All Bombs" (FOAB; Russian: "Папа всех бомб", Пвб), is a Russian-designed, bomber-delivered thermobaric weapon.
This weapon was claimed to be the most powerful conventional (non-nuclear) weapon in the world, more powerful than GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast, which is often unofficially called "Mother of All Bombs" or MOAB.
FOAB was successfully field-tested in the late evening of 11 September 2007.
Claims
The FOAB device allegedly 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 a small tactical nuclear weapon. The bomb works by detonating in mid-air. Thermobaric weapons differ from conventional explosive weapons in that they generate a longer, more sustained blast wave with greater temperatures. In doing so, they produce more damage over a larger area than a conventional weapon of similar mass.
According to General Aleksandr Rukshin, the Russian Deputy Chief of the General Staff, the new bomb was smaller than the MOAB but much deadlier because the temperature at the centre of the blast is twice as high.
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