Vacuum bomb: destructive power without radiation contamination

Not so long ago, the Russian Army was adoptedvacuum bomb. According to experts, it is the most powerful non-nuclear ammunition. This weapon has high destructive characteristics and does not pollute the area with radiation, and its price is relatively low.

The principle of operation of the vacuum bomb is based onthe basis of a volumetric explosion. People encounter this phenomenon daily. Micro-explosions of fuel occur in the cylinders of automobile engines. On a larger scale, this phenomenon is observed in explosions of methane or coal dust in mines. A suspension of flour or sawdust can explode due to the fact that the cloud of a substance has a much larger area of ​​contact with air, which acts as an oxidizing agent.

This effect is used by the military.On the technical side, the vacuum bomb principle of operation is quite simple. After the ammunition is in contact with the obstacle, its body is destroyed with the help of a special destructive charge. After that an explosive is sprayed into the air, which creates a large aerosol cloud. It penetrates the fortified points, shelters and other places that are inaccessible to defeat classical ammunition. Then from the body charges are released, which set fire to the suspension. As it burns, a zone of low pressure (relative vacuum) is formed, into which everything surrounding it is rapidly absorbed. Therefore, even without a powerful and destructive shock wave that accompanies the explosion of a nuclear weapon, a very high pressure zone is created, which is a remarkable striking factor. Such ammunition is called thermobaric.

Vacuum Bomb 5-8 times strongermore effective than classic explosives. In the United States, such ammunition was made on a napalm basis. In places where these warheads were used, the soil became similar to the lunar surface, but there was no radiation or chemical contamination. The vacuum bomb can be made on the basis of methane, ethylene oxide, propyl nitrate, propylene oxide and other substances.

Until recently, the RF usedtraditional fillers for thermobaric ammunition. However, the substance for the new Russian bombs has a secret composition and is based on nanotechnology. This is due to its enormous power.

Vacuum bombs were used by Americans duringVietnam War to clear the ground from the jungle. The explosion of a single ammunition created an excellent helicopter landing pad. However, the US military soon discovered that such bombs were very effective in fighting leaking Vietnamese fortifications.

Во время войны в Ливане, Израилем был испытан на people vacuum American ammunition. Dropped near a residential building of 8 floors, the charge completely destroyed it (about 300 people died). In 1999, a vacuum bomb was used in Dagestan. At the village of Tando, where there was a large number of militants, such ammunition was dropped. The village was razed to the ground, and several hundred gangsters were destroyed.