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Thermobaric bombs
Post by cthia   » Tue Apr 26, 2022 8:48 am

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Thermobaric bombs

Did the Russians use them against the Ukraine? Does this constitute a war crime?

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Post by Arol   » Tue Apr 26, 2022 10:36 am

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cthia wrote: Thermobaric bombs

Did the Russians use them against the Ukraine? Does this constitute a war crime?

Apparently yes, they have been used in the Ukraine War by Russia!
But then it’s nothing new, they have also used them in both Chechnya during their two wars there, and in Syria.
As to their legality, the jury’s still out!

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-thermoba ... 45182.html
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Post by munroburton   » Wed Apr 27, 2022 4:05 am

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Arol wrote:
cthia wrote: Thermobaric bombs

Did the Russians use them against the Ukraine? Does this constitute a war crime?

Apparently yes, they have been used in the Ukraine War by Russia!
But then it’s nothing new, they have also used them in both Chechnya during their two wars there, and in Syria.
As to their legality, the jury’s still out!

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-thermoba ... 45182.html


The United States has used them in Vietnam and more recently in Afghanistan to destroy mountain caves where militants were hiding.


Awkward.

As horrific as they are, I'd say they're "legitimate" weapons. There is no persistently damaging effects from their use in the way there would be from a nuclear or chemical weapons release.

Any war criminality already exists due to the the murdering, raping and torturing of civilian populations as attempted genocide/ethnic cleansing, the looting, the kidnapping of children, execution of prisoners, wanton property destruction and so forth.

PS: https://theconversation.com/its-ukraine ... why-178748
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Re: Thermobaric bombs
Post by cthia   » Wed Apr 27, 2022 12:45 pm

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It is their alter ego that makes them inhumane.

Vacuum bomb. Thermobaric weapons are considered to be inhumane. The inhumanity of the weapon is better understood by its other name, the vacuum bomb. These things suck the air out of areas. Imagine being a small child, infant or frail adult, who is just out of the blast zone but experiences the suffocating loss of air that is quickly rushing out, right on the heels of just having the wind knocked out of them. Torture is inhumane.

If I am not mistaken, a form of these kinds of weapons were once considered for fire fighting. A device that sucks the oxygen out of an area thus killing the fire.

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Post by Arol   » Wed Apr 27, 2022 3:48 pm

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cthia wrote:It is their alter ego that makes them inhumane.

Vacuum bomb. Thermobaric weapons are considered to be inhumane. The inhumanity of the weapon is better understood by its other name, the vacuum bomb. These things suck the air out of areas. Imagine being a small child, infant or frail adult, who is just out of the blast zone but experiences the suffocating loss of air that is quickly rushing out, right on the heels of just having the wind knocked out of them. Torture is inhumane.

If I am not mistaken, a form of these kinds of weapons were once considered for fire fighting. A device that sucks the oxygen out of an area thus killing the fire.


You sure picked the correct word: inhuman!
Also in the “vacuum” aspect, as the fluid in the bombs instantly combines with the oxygen in the air to create the vacuum.
That means that there is no safety to be found; even underground unless you are in an airtight room!
There’s reported to be around 1000 non-combatants hiding out in the tunnels under the Mariupol Steel Mill!!!
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Re: Thermobaric bombs
Post by Daryl   » Wed Apr 27, 2022 9:08 pm

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I remember that the US was using them in Afghanistan to eliminate cave hideouts,by causing asphyxiation.
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Re: Thermobaric bombs
Post by Relax   » Tue May 03, 2022 3:03 am

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Arol wrote:
You sure picked the correct word: inhuman!

War is VERY human. Nothing inhuman about it.

Only reason Chemical weapons are banned is that it was proven they do not actually help END a war and just makes a few permanently disabled.

This version of bomb, kills in a slightly different manner who die via asphyxiation/burning instead of dying via blood loss and sepsis.

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Post by Michael Everett   » Tue May 03, 2022 3:08 pm

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Re: Thermobaric bombs
Post by Arol   » Tue May 03, 2022 4:34 pm

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Relax wrote:
Arol wrote:
You sure picked the correct word: inhuman!


War is VERY human. Nothing inhuman about it...

I beg to disagree, in that with incendiary and ordinary fragmentation devices there is at least a chance for non-combatants to seek refuge in shelters.
With the thermobaric that option is reduced; unless the shelter is airtight.
That alone makes it in my opinion “inhuman”!
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