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Thermobaric weapon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia After the munition is dropped or fired, the first explosive charge (or some other dispersal mechanism) bursts open the container at a predetermined height and disperses the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen. A fuel-air device was used to destroy the submarine USS Ethan Allen in the novel The Hunt for Red October, to cover the escape of the defecting Soviet submarine. Once the fuel is appropriately mixed, the second charge detonates, propagating an explosion (blast wave) through the cloud. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thermobaric_weapon   (805 words)

Fuel-Air Explosives Backgrounder (Backgrounder, 2/15/2000) The use of fuel-air explosives (FAEs), popularly known in Russia as "vacuum bombs," represents a dangerous escalation in the Chechnya conflict--one with important humanitarian implications. On December 27, 1999, Interfax reported Russian forces were using fuel-air explosive bombs in the fighting in Chechnya. After the munition is dropped or fired, the first explosive charge bursts open the container at a predetermined height and disperses the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen (the size of the cloud varies with the size of the munition). www.hrw.org /press/2000/02/chech0215b.htm   (1523 words)

Ground Zero FX Explosives are classified by the amount of energy it takes to initiate the explosive reaction. With a Brisant explosive the maximum pressure is attained so rapidly that a shockwave is formed and the result will destroy the material surrounding it or in contact with it. The main destructive force of FAE is high overpressure, used against soft targets such as minefields, armoured vehicles, aircraft parked in the open and bunkers. www.groundzerofx.com /explosions.htm   (3530 words)

Fuel Air Bombings Threaten Civilian Toll Fuel air explosives have been in the U.S. arsenal since the Vietnam War, and were also used by U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf conflict. Unlike high explosive bombs, which concentrate intense force on small areas, fuel air explosives distribute a lesser but uniform force over a larger area to crush humans, vehicles and buildings. Chris Foss, land forces editor of Jane's Defense Weekly, said fuel air explosives were not very accurate, but could kill people over a large area. dev.themoscowtimes.com /stories/1999/12/29/005.html   (541 words)

www.hyperbear.com: Stargrunt II - Fuel-Air Explosives Fuel-Air Explosives (FAEs) consist of a cloud of fuel, in the form of an aerosol, dispersed over an area and then exploded with a detonator. Rules for Fuel-Air Explosives (FAEs), also known as thermobaric weapons. FAEs work due to air pressure, and even a small opening is enough to cause massive pressure within an otherwise closed building or vehicle. www.hyperbear.com /sg2/sg2-house-rules-fae.html   (1999 words)

PYROTECHNICS, PROPELLANTS AND EXPLOSIVES The basic design of the match may be split in three parts: igniter (phosphorus in air), booster (potassium chlorate oxidiser mixed with sulphur fuel) and sustainer, the slow-burning splint to which the head is glued with a binder (such as gum arabic or wax, also preventing moisture). For pyrotechnics to be effective, fuel and oxidiser must be premixed (double-base pyrotechnics) or, even better, they should be part of the same molecule (single-base pyrotechnics) with zero or slightly positive oxygen balance, they should be highly exothermic, and they should be in condense form and generate a lot of gas. In low or deflagrating explosives the explosion propagates through the material at subsonic speed through a sustained combustion process, whereas in high explosives the explosion propagates by a supersonic detonation. imartinez.etsin.upm.es /bk3/c15/Pyrotechnics.htm   (3425 words)

Fuel Air Explosives Fuel air explosives (FAE) are aerosols formed by dispersion of certain hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon oxides, viz., hexane, heptane, ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, etc. in air. FAE, being in aerosol form, cover large area in comparison of condensed explosives and do not have limitations due to land contour and protective structures. FAE warhead for tank turning pad carries 61 kg fuel (propylene oxide) and has 410 mm caliber. www.drdo.com /pub/techfocus/dec04/fuel_air_explosives.htm   (233 words)

. . . and the dirty little weapons thebulletin.org Predecessors to fuel-air explosives were incendiary or fire bombs, weapons filled with highly flammable material such as thermite, magnesium powder, or napalm-a mixture of gasoline and benzene with aluminum or polystyrene soap as a thickener. Cluster bombs, fuel-air explosives, and "Daisy Cutters," not laser-guided weapons, dominated the Gulf War. Large amounts of explosive tonnage were dropped in the region, over 90 percent in the form of weapons that were not precision guided-and we do not have accurate information on the success and reliability of precision-guided ordnance. www.bullatomsci.org /issues/1991/may91/may91walker.html   (2529 words)

1990/1 Gulf War - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about 1990/1 Gulf War Napalm and fuel-air explosives were also used by coalition forces, but cluster bombs and multiple-launch rockets were predominant. An air offensive lasting six weeks, in which ‘smart’ weapons came of age, destroyed about one-third of Iraqi equipment and inflicted massive casualties. Saddam Hussein replied by firing missiles at the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa (by which tactic he hoped to bring Israel into the war and thus break up the Arab alliance against him), as well as cities in Saudi Arabia; most of these missiles were intercepted. encyclopedia.farlex.com /1990/1+Gulf+War   (811 words)

CNN.com - Pentagon to use new bomb on Afghan caves - December 23, 2001 Don Shepperd, a CNN military analyst, said the new weapon is not a fuel-air explosive but works on a similar principle. The laser-guided bomb is a "thermobaric" weapon, a high-temperature, high-pressure explosive that uses a new class of fuel-rich explosive in its warhead. The explosive releases energy over a longer period of time than conventional explosives, allowing for a longer period of high pressure inside a confined space and creating more destruction via higher temperatures. www.cnn.com /2001/US/12/22/ret.new.weapon/index.html   (639 words)

gf30ctagit Best of all, such isotopically labeled explosives would not contain foreign materials which might cause environmental and safety problems, the technologies involved in making the tags are not easily duplicated, and the isotopes themselves cannot be destroyed except by nuclear processes which would also destroy whatever materials the tags are associated with. Though the hapten carrier tags would be tough to remove from the explosive, and almost impossible to read without the proper antibodies, there is still the possibility that the particles could react chemically with the explosive, becoming unreadable, or causing destabilization. Finally, in response to a request by the U.S. Congress, the National Academy of Sciences is currently studying the types and use of taggants in explosives, with a final report due in February 1998. www.tpgfaq.org /sec3/gftags.htm   (1685 words)

PENTAGON: CLINTON FAILED TO REBUILD OR MAINTAIN US STOCKPILE OF FUEL AIR EXPLOSIVES The FAE is a much smaller bomb that spreads aerosolized fuel (ether, propane, depends on who designed it) and a small charge to ignite the fuel that is suspended in the air. The air fuel munition is designed to use shockwave, fire, and oxygen deprivation (due to rapid fuel consumption) to remove personel without massive infrastructure loss. FAE is a muntion that releases a cloud of flammable droplets over the target and then is ignited, it creates enough pressure to detonate mines and sucks up all the oxygen in the immediate area, think naplam that doen't need to hit the ground to explode. www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/587464/posts   (2897 words)

Articles - Combustion This is used in forms of machinery, such as internal combustion engines, and in fuel-air explosives. The formula that yields this temperature is based on the first law of thermodynamics and takes note of the fact that the heat of combustion (calculated from the fuel's heating value) is used entirely for warming up fuel and gas (e.g. Rapid combustion is a form of combustion in which large amounts of heat and light energy are released. www.efireplaces.net /articles/Combustion   (487 words)

ADFHealth_4_1_03-06.html Explosives used in thermobaric weapons are generally oxygen-deficient; additional oxygen from the air is required to achieve complete combustion of the charge. Box 1 shows typical pressure histories for a conventional high explosive and a thermobaric explosive observed as the expanding shock front moves outwards from the centre of explosion. Thermobaric weapons are explosives optimised to produce heat and pressure effects instead of armour-penetrating or fragmentation damage effects. www.defence.gov.au /dpe/dhs/infocentre/publications/journals/NoIDs/adfhealth_apr03/ADFHealth_4_1_03-06.html   (2143 words)

U.S. Bombing - The Myth of Surgical Bombing in the Gulf War Air Force General McPeak, Air Force commanding general, proudly proclaiming, "Probably the first time in history that a field army has been defeated by air power," estimated that some 88,500 tons of bombs have been dropped in over 109,000 sorties flown by a total of 2,800 fixed-wing aircraft. The FAE is composed of an ethelene oxide fuel which forms an aerosol cloud or mist on impact. As if explosive bombs were not enough, the U.S. used massive amounts of fire bombs and napalm, although U.S. officials denied using napalm against Iraqi troops, only on oil filled trenches (this raises the question of who set all the oil wells on fire in Kuwait and southern Iraq). deoxy.org /wc/wc-myth.htm   (2691 words)

Fuel-Air Explosives Fuel-Air Explosives Filename:60035.91s [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] Subject: Fuel-Air Explosives In October 1990, Iraq was believed to possess 800 highly explosive bombs, known as fuel-air explosives, that have the capability to cause an explosion similar to a nuclear explosion over a great distance, producing severe physical side effects. These fuel-air explosives can cause an explosion six to eight times greater than a conventional explosive and can produce physical side effects, such as burning of the skin on contact and double vision, and can also affect the blood vessels in the heart. Iraq has fuel-air explosives of various sizes: 550, 725 and 1100 pounds. www.gulflink.osd.mil /declassdocs/dia/19951016/951016_60035_91s.html   (104 words)

Fuel-Air Explosive Simulation of Far-Field Nuclear Airblasts - Storming Media Abstract: Fuel-air explosions (FAE) have been investigated in the context of far-field nuclear airblast simulation. These are the mechanisms by which largescale FAE clouds of controlled shape can be reliably and repeatedly formed and detonated, and the quality of nuclear airblast simulation that is achieved when such FAE clouds are detonated. The formation of hemispherical clouds by simultaneous, impulsive liquid fuel injection through a large number of radially directed, centrally clustered nozzles is discussed in detail. www.stormingmedia.us /24/2405/A240531.html   (239 words)

Yorkshire CND - US Fuel-Air Bombs pack Atomic Punch - 7/11/01 Short of nuclear weapons, fuel air explosives are the most powerful weapons in the US arsenal and their use indicates that the Pentagon is trying to break Taleban morale. AMERICA'S enemies in Afghanistan are now being attacked with huge 15,000lb fuel air bombs that kill every creature within a square mile radius of the impact point. "Fuel air bombs merely suffocated their victims and they fell where they stood. www.gn.apc.org /cndyorks/news/articles/fuelairbombs.htm   (530 words)

Weapons and Aircraft of The Vietnam War - Tactics, Napalm, Bombs, Laser Guided Weapons The fuel load could be further augmented by two 450 US-gallon drop tanks on the inner underwing pylons and an additional 450 or 600 US gallon drop tank carried on a pylon underneath the fuselage, bringing total maximum fuel capacity to 3100 US gallons. Fuel: Total internal fuel capacity was 1160 US gallons in seven tanks (including 25 gallons in the fuel lines). This fuel load can be further augmented by a 450 or 650 US gall external tank on the fuselage centerline plus a 450 US gallon tank on each of the inboard underwing stores pylons. www.danshistory.com /varms.shtml   (2545 words)

Fuel/Air Explosive (FAE) Fuel-Air Explosives [FAE] disperse an aerosol cloud of fuel which is ignited by an embedded detonator to produce an explosion. Fuel/air explosive represent the military application of the vapor cloud explosions and dust explosions accidents that have long bedeviled a variety of industries. For gasoline vapor, the explosive range is from 1.3 to 6.0% vapor to air, and for methane this range is 5 to 15%. www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/munitions/fae.htm   (1425 words)

Boston.com / News / Rebuilding Iraq Early versions of fuel-air explosives were used by US forces in the late years of the Vietnam war, primarily to clear patches of jungle as helicopter landing pads. The bombs work by spraying a fine mist of highly explosive fuel, such as methane, through a large volume of air -- a sphere up to 150 feet in diameter -- and then igniting the fuel-air mixture with a spark or small explosion. But the theoretical power of fuel-air explosives has never been openly demonstrated in a real weapon, said Duncan Lenox, a former Royal Air Force engineer who is now editor of the annual reference book Jane's Strategic Weapons. www.boston.com /news/packages/iraq/globe_stories/020691_fuel_air.htm   (836 words)

China's Very Special Mine Clearing Artillery FAE is a bomb that first spreads a mist of fuel (gasoline type stuff, or a mixture of other chemicals) and then ignites it. But by using FAE for both mine clearing, and anti-personnel attacks (FAE is less effective on armored, or even unarmored, vehicles), they have increased the effectiveness of their MLRS systems. The Chinese also note the effect of FAE on enemy troops as well, and plan to use their mine clearing FAE weapons even when there are no mines, and aim them against enemy troops. www.strategypage.com /dls/articles/20054142357.asp   (476 words)

Propellants and explosives with flouro-organic additives to improve energy release efficiency - US Patent 6843868 It should be understood that any existing poly-metallic-containing propellant, explosive, pyrotechnic, themobaric or FAE (fuel-air explosives) formulation may be used which generally comprises 0 to 50%-metallic nano-particles and larger poly-metallics. Otto fuel II, NOSET A, or a hydrocarbon could be used as a replacement for the EAN-AN based fuel or a polymeric binder in a hybrid fuel grain as the fuel. wherein during combustion of the improved poly-metallic energetic formulation a metallic fluoride intermediate is formed on the fuel and halogens are released to improve combustion efficiency of the improved poly-metallic energetic formulation over the original poly-metallic energetic formulation. www.patentstorm.us /patents/6843868.html   (1925 words)

Operation Enduring Freedom: Why a Higher Rate of Civilian Bombing Casualties -- Project on Defense Alternatives Although "daisy cutters" are not fuel-air explosives, the United States did send at least 10 true fuel-air explosives to Afghanistan in late December. When aircraft engage such targets, ground-based air controllers or spotters may be unavailable or unable to provide good GPS-coordinates or to designate the targets with lasers. These were supposed to give theater air power -- including strategic bombers -- a capacity to act very quickly on intelligence and to attack emerging targets, mobile targets, and targets of opportunity more effectively. www.comw.org /pda/0201oef.html   (8015 words)

AudiWorld Forums: FUEL AIR EXPLOSIVES: Explanation As a result, a fuel-air explosive can have the effect of a tactical nuclear weapon without residual radiation. If a fuel-air charge is fired inside a building or bunker, the cloud is contained and this amplifies the destruction of the load-bearing components of the structure. Fuel-air weapons work by initially detonating a scattering charge within a bomb, rocket or grenade warhead. forums.audiworld.com /tt/msgs/351997.phtml   (846 words)

FUEL-AIR BOMB --- KABOOOOOOOOM An F-14, developed for air to air and air to mud, would be vastly superior to the F-18. A typical FAE device consists of a container of volatile gases, liquids or finely powdered explosives and two separate explosive charges. FAEs can be deployed against a wide range of targets - exposed personnel, equipment, fortified areas, communication centres, urban strong points, minefields etc. They can also be used as a herbicide destroying crops and vegetation. www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3ba90bff7f5c.htm   (2829 words)

AudiWorld Forums: Nope. Fuel Air Explosives (FAE) generally don't create the huge We just have to steer those bad boys into the air vents of the cave complexes... Right, It literally *fries* the air, and sucks it from its victims. There was a 2000 lb FAE (BLU-96) however. forums.audiworld.com /tt/msgs/391767.phtml   (222 words)

International War Crimes Tribunal Fuel air explosives were used against troops-in-place, civilian areas, oil fields and fleeing civilians and soldiers on two stretches of highway between Kuwait and Iraq. Included in fuel air weapons used was the BLU-82, a 15,000-pound device capable of incinerating everything within hundreds of yards. When Air Force Chief of Staff General Michael J. Dugan mentioned plans to destroy the Iraqi civilian economy to the press on September 16, 1990, he was removed from office. deoxy.org /wc/warcrim2.htm   (6035 words)

Combustion -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article For example, the burning of (Colorless gas found in natural gas and petroleum; used as a fuel) propane is: Generally, the (Click link for more info and facts about chemical equation) chemical equation for combusting a hydrocarbon in oxygen (such as (Any isomeric saturated hydrocarbon found in petroleum and used as a fuel and solvent) octane) is as follows: (Combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat) deflagration www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/combustion.htm   (415 words)

Military Engineering Products Explosively formed projectiles (EFPs) are related to shaped charges but form a fragment rather than a jet. Explosively Formed Projectiles (EFPs) can be used as anti-armour devices and remote demolition of structures such as bridges. DRDC Suffield's innovative explosive technology and systems extend the operational capability of military engineers in demolitions, barrier production and minefield breaching. www.suffield.drdc-rddc.gc.ca /ResearchTech/Products/MilEng_Products/index_e.html   (981 words)

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