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thermobaric weapon
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explosive weapon that uses oxygen from the surrounding air to generate a high-temperature explosion
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Blast from a US Navy fuel–air explosive used against a decommissioned ship, USS McNulty, 1972
A thermobaric weapon, also called an aerosol bomb, or a vacuum bomb, is a type of explosive munition that works by dispersing an aerosol cloud of gas, liquid or powdered explosive. This allows the chemical combustion to proceed using atmospheric oxygen, so that the weapon does not need to include an oxidizer.
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