I WILL CAREFULLY EXPLAIN SO THAT THERE ARE NO MISUNDERSTANDINGS

1> TNT IS USED AS THE REFERENCE EXPLOSIVE POWER BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WAS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME IN WW2 WHEN THEY MADE THE COMPARISON TO THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMBS

2> THERE ARE MODERN EXPLOSIVES WHICH HAVE MUCH HIGHER EXPLOSIVE ENERGY OUTPUT PER UNIT OF WEIGHT COMPARED TO TNT

3> ALL CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES NEED A FUEL AND OXIDIZER TO CAUSE THE REACTION TO OCCUR

4> WHAT MAKES THE THERMOBARIC WEAPONS UNIQUE IS THAT THE CHEMICALS IN THE BOMB ITSELF PULL THE NEED OXIDIZER ( IN THIS CASE OXYGEN) FROM THE AIR SURROUNDING THE BOMB WHICH WAS JUST RELEASED

5> THIS IS WHY ANYONE WHO HAS FELT A SMALLER THERMOBARIC EXPLOSION WILL TELL YOU THERE IS A WA WOOMP EFFECT WHICH IS AS THE BOMB ITSELF IS PULLING THE OXYGEN FROM THE AIR AROUND IT THE OXYGEN RUNNING IN TO THE EXPLOSION IS ALMOST THE SAME FORCE AS THE OUTWARD EXPLOSIVE VELOCITY A FEW MILLISECONDS LATER

6> THE OUTWARD EXPLOSIVE VELOCITY OF A THERMOBARIC BOMB IS THE SAME AS AN ATOMIC BOMB OR A HYDROGEN BOMB ( IN TERMS OF FEET PER SECOND MOVEMENT OF THE AIR AS WELL AS THE OVER PRESSURE WHICH IS WHAT KNOCKS THINGS DOWN.

7> THE RUSSIANS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY TESTED BOTH TACTICAL AND STRATEGIC THERMOBARIC WEAPONS

TACTICAL ANY UKRANIAN WILL TELL YOU THEY ARE DEADLY

STRATEGIC THERMOBARIC WEAPONS HAVE NOT YET BEEN USED IN COMBAT BUT ENOUGH TESTS HAVE BEEN RUN TO SHOW THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DEVICES

8> 500 KILOTON EQUIVALENT
1 MEGATON EQUIVALENT
5 MEGATON EQUIVALENT
15 MEGATON EQUIVALENT
25 MEGATON EQUIVALENT
44 MEGATON EQUIVALENT

DEVICES ARE IN VOLUME PRODUCTION

I SAY CAREFULLY EQUIVALENT BECAUSE IF YOU COMPARE THE THERMOBARIC BOMB WITH A TNT BOMB THAT IS HOW MUCH TNT YOU WOULD NEED TO MATCH THE EXPLOSIVE POWER OF A THERMOBARIC BOMB WITH THAT RATING THE ACTUAL DEVICE IS MUCH SMALLER AND LIGHTER BECAUSE THE EXPLOSIVE POWER OF THE CHEMICALS IS VERY MUCH HIGHER-SCIENCE GUY

Oct 8, 2022