Vacuum bomb: the destructive power without radioactive contamination

Not long ago the army of the Russian Federation was adopted vacuum bomb. According to experts, it is the most powerful non-nuclear warhead. This weapon has a high destructive characteristics and does not contaminate the area with radiation, and its price is relatively low.

the Principle of operation of the vacuum bomb is built on the basis of the volume of the explosion. The phenomenon that people encounter daily. In the cylinders of automobile engines occur microexplosions of fuel. On a larger scale, this phenomenon is observed when methane explosions or coal dust in mines. May explode slurry of flour or sawdust due to the fact that the cloud of material has a much greater contact area with air, which acts as the oxidant.

This effect has found application in the military. On the technical side, the vacuum bomb the principle of operation is quite simple. After the munition is in contact with the obstacle, his body is destroyed using a special subversive charge. After the air sprayed explosive which creates a large aerosol cloud. It penetrates into fortified points, shelters and other places that are inaccessible to defeat classic ammunition. Then out of the housing produced charges which set fire to the slurry. As its combustion zone is formed with a low pressure (relative vacuum), which is quickly absorbed everything around. Therefore, even without a powerful and devastating shock wave that accompanies detonation of a nuclear weapon, creates a zone of very high pressure, which is a great damaging factor. A thermobaric munition is called.

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Vacuum bomb on the force of 5-8 times more efficient than the classical explosives. In the US such munitions were made on the basis of Napalm. In the places where they used these weapons, the soil became similar to the lunar surface, but there was no radiation or chemical contamination. Vacuum bomb can be made based on methane, ethylene oxide, propylnitrate, of propylene oxide and other substances.

Until recently, Russia used the traditional fillers for thermobaric munitions. But the stuff for the new Russian bomb has the secret formula and developed based on nanotechnology. This explains his immense power.

Vacuum bombs were used by the Americans during the Vietnam war to clear areas of jungle. The explosion of one munition has created a great landing pad for a helicopter. Soon, however, the us military found that such bombs are very effective against leaking Vietnamese fortifications.

During the war in Lebanon, Israel has been tested on humans vacuum American ammunition. Dropped about a residential building, 8 storeys, the charge is completely destroyed (killed about 300 people). In 1999, a vacuum bomb was used in Dagestan. The village of Tando, where a large number of militants have been reset such ammunition. The village was wiped off the face of the earth, a few hundred bandits destroyed.