World Desk, AnyTV, Kyiv/Moscow
Published by: Sanjeev Kumar Jha
Updated Tue, 01 Mar 2022 03:30 PM IST
Summary
What is Vacuum Bomb: The Ukrainian Embassy in America has said that this bomb is spreading dangerously heat in many cities of Ukraine. People are stopping their breath. Russia should stop this as soon as possible.
Russia is now taking dangerous steps to create havoc in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Embassy in the US has accused Russia of causing havoc by dropping vacuum bombs on Ukraine. This bomb is spreading dangerously heat in many cities of Ukraine. People are stopping their breath. It is also called the Father of All Bombs, which weighs 7100 kg and can detonate the power of about 44 tons of TNT in one go. The destructive power of this bomb can be gauged from the fact that it can burn an area of about 300 meters in a single use.
How does it work?
The Father of All Bomb is a thermobaric weapon. It is also known as vacuum bomb. Its biggest feature is that it absorbs oxygen from the atmosphere and makes itself more powerful and explodes above the ground. This explosion generates heat just like a normal (low power) nuclear bomb. In addition, the blast also emits an ultrasonic shockwave that brings more destruction. This is the reason why this weapon is considered more powerful than any other conventional weapon.
When was it used?
In the year 2017, on the orders of the then US President Donald Trump, the US Army used Mother of All Bombs in Afghanistan. Many media reports suggest that in the year 2017 itself, Russia also used the thermobaric weapon Father of All Bombs in Syria.
Expansion
Russia is now taking dangerous steps to create havoc in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Embassy in the US has accused Russia of causing havoc by dropping vacuum bombs on Ukraine. This bomb is spreading dangerously heat in many cities of Ukraine. People are stopping their breath. It is also called the Father of All Bombs, which weighs 7100 kg and can detonate the power of about 44 tons of TNT in one go. The destructive power of this bomb can be gauged from the fact that it can burn an area of about 300 meters in a single use.
How does it work?
The Father of All Bomb is a thermobaric weapon. It is also known as vacuum bomb. Its biggest feature is that it absorbs oxygen from the atmosphere and makes itself more powerful and explodes above the ground. This explosion generates heat just like a normal (low power) nuclear bomb. In addition, the blast also emits an ultrasonic shockwave that brings more destruction. This is the reason why this weapon is considered more powerful than any other conventional weapon.
When was it used?
In the year 2017, on the orders of the then US President Donald Trump, the US Army used Mother of All Bombs in Afghanistan. Many media reports suggest that in the year 2017 itself, Russia also used the thermobaric weapon Father of All Bombs in Syria.