Russia’s Vacuum Bomb Sucks the Air Out of Your Lungs | WSJ Equipped
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- When Russia’s military deployed its TOS-1A ‘vacuum bomb’ that sucks the oxygen out of the air, analysts said Ukraine’s best defense was to destroy the weapons before Russian troops could use them. Human rights advocates are pushing to restrict the TOS-1A, as some experts are arguing it could harm civilians in urban areas. So what makes the TOS-1A so deadly and controversial?
WSJ explains why this thermobaric weapon is so feared and how Kyiv has dealt with them.
Chapters:
0:00 The “Scorching Sun”
0:38 How the TOS-1A works
2:55 Ukraine’s defense against TOS-1A’s
4:29 Why the TOS-1A is not banned
5:45 What it would take to ban
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is this the " my bomb is more moral than yours " contest ?
Not at all, see the sly smile from the guy being interviewed when he says no one has made any headway on banning this type of weapon. This is because US/NATO has thermobarics for area suppression as well.
Obligatory Slava Ukraini for the algorithm.
Cluster bombs have entered the chat…
@@andrewlaco1776 😂
Thermobaric munitions go all the way back to WW2 where the German Army used a six-barrelled 15cm Nebelwerfer rocket launcher (15 cm NbW 41). The weapon looks more like a large 6-barrel gun. It looks like 6 mortar tubes attached to a tow-behind and is very simple in design.
They would shoot the first 5 rounds that contained propane gas to saturate the area in gas and then the 6th round shot would set off the explosion as it ignited the gas from the first 5 rounds. They were used on the Eastern Front.
@@florin-titusniculescu5871 There's no competition over whose bomb is the most moral, what an utterly absurd thing to say.
Everybody knows that the most moral bombs are whatever bombs the Israeli military deploys, because they are the _most moral army in the world._
That's why Israel is able to methodically bomb all infrastructure that makes human life possible, obliterating the foundations of civil society while enforcing military blockade to prevent food & drinkable water from entering the Gaza -ghetto- *strip* - not to mention fuel/energy & basic medical supplies - and none of it can possibly be tantamount to genocide.
If Israel has the world's most moral army, then anything they do is inherently more moral than anything other countries' armies do, which means they're definitionally incapable of committing a crime like genocide - if you doubt this, or question anything, you're a raging antisemite. It's indisputable.
How do we know that Israel's army is the most moral army in the world, you ask? Well now, that one's easy. *Israel said so.* That makes it true, automatically.
Says someone who uses napalm, cluster bombs etc 😂
The hypocrisy of the United States has reached space!
And Agent Orange - actual chemical weapon
@@Sombre_gd Which they claimed was "for deforestation". Yeah, right
@@Henry_the_Eighth_ Well, it killed plants too, as well as people
Cluster bombs are banned, in case you didn't know. But good ol sleepy Joe gives them to Ukraine like it's candy
The US has been using thermobaric weapons since the Vietnam War.
In recent years they have conveniently renamed them as "novel explosive" to avoid bad PR.
Hundreds of thermobaric Hellfire missiles have been used in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria - often in urban areas with little regard for civilian casualties.
Vietnam, Korea
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Yes but Russian one are more mean!
I love my country.
IDF taking notes
”Human rights advocates are pushing to restrict the TOS-1A”
Do these people even comprehend how unrealistic that sounds ?
It is ridiculous. US/NATO are losing the war that they had initiated against Russia. That is why they produce these BS "reportages."
Few people really understand that, no matter what government may try, there are no rules to warfare, there are only suggestions.
Their words have no credit, because the same organization ignore US's deployment of cluster bomb in Ukraine which is prohibited by international law.
But they are perfectly fine with nuclear weapon ^_^
You oppened Pandoras Box.... Dealwith it.
2023: How Russia’s vacuum bomb sucks
2024: How Russia’s vacuum bomb sucks the air out of your lungs
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Suck at making bad point
Reality: How the MIC sucks money out of your pockets.
How Zelenscy sucks my money
How about it sucks air out YOUR lungs? They try to scare YOU, don't you think? Rewatch the video and listen to music used.
"russia has repeatedly fired it in cities" and not one clip of its application in cities out of 6 minutes of its application in the open field
Correct, as its just a story, its not factual. its a piece to create a look. The things have been in service for years, the 2a version is out now, this story should have come 2 years ago, not 2 days, Its an effort to convince not report. More likely AI BS then anything else.
Because the russians aint ganna film themselfs shooting at cities whot these weapons
Because it was always used against enemy troops.
It's fake news.
They get paid by MI6 and CIA to lie and brainwash peoples, no wonder.... disgusting presstitutes...
"Stop the TOS-1 before it is used" is the same as "Just drive around the minefields"
I remember that one… 🙄
If you homeless just buy a house DUH
@@user-po8dn6hq9k Stop being Poor! - Paris Hilton
Not as hard as you think, it has the range of a heavy mortar, out ranged by all proper artiliery
Данное видео - грубая пропаганда, подтекст - "Russia", если не применила по гражданским, то обязательно применит!"
Запомните, скудоумные, Многострадальная - НИКОГДА НЕ воюет с мирным населением! Это ваш удел, не надо проецировать по Фрейду..
"Human rights" and the "US" cannot be used in the same sentence ever again ....
Complain all you want. The US is still the most advanced country on earth and the most apt to discuss human rights
Gotta disagree, any small country would be better.
@@LightsaberGoBrrrrrr
Who can?
advanced does not = most qualified on morals and the rights of humans lol@@LightsaberGoBrrrrrr
@@LightsaberGoBrrrrrr found the dying boomer.
Name a weapon and America has already used it and doesn't want anyone else to use it.
Lasers
@@nigelbradshaw8266 That's Britain
Yes, the BLU-82 "Daisy cutter" in Vietnam
I would add that there's a lot of weapons that we either used to use and don't anymore, or experimented with and decided to use something else. Most of the time the reason we don't use a weapon is because we found something that works better.
Agent orange, cluster bombs, napalm bomb, atomic bomb, depleted uranium ammunition
It is over cynic to hear about legal and non-legal weapons in war. Especially from country that have used everything and everywhere. Tell the Vietnamese about napalm and the Japanese about the Fatman.
Ask the Iraqis & Afghanistan people about their increase in birth defects from the use of depleted uranium artillery rounds.😢
And Serbian people as well.
The funny thing is, the Japanese don't really mind the fatman anymore. Try finding any speeches by the higher government officials that contain USA and Nuclear Bomb in the same sentence. Pro tip - you won't.
У левых антисемитизм растет и становится нормой, а у правых он отступает и сменяется восхищением Государством Израиль как единственной страной, дающей отпор джихадистскому исламу. Израильтянам пора осознать исторический момент, в котором мы находимся, принять эту новую реальность и узнать, кто наши настоящие друзья.
Большинство из нас уже видели фотографии и видеоролики, на которых демонстранты, выступающие за ХАМАС, срывают рождественские праздники по всему западному миру.
В Италии традиционное рождественское представление в оперном театре «Ла Скала» в Милане было сорвано антиизраильскими демонстрантами. В Нью-Йорке демонстранты скандировали «Да здравствует интифада!» и «Рождество отменяется!», а традиционное зажжение рождественской елки на Рокфеллер-плаза было агрессивно прервано антиизраильскими бунтовщиками.
26 ноября в Сан-Паулу прошла массовая демонстрация в поддержку бывшего президента Жаира Болсонару. Пролистывая на следующий день ленту в социальных сетях, я увидел короткий видеоролик с толпой, заполнившей улицы. Поразили многочисленные израильские флаги в толпе.
Почему демонстранты, выступающие в поддержку Болсонару и против социализма и исламизма в Бразилии, размахивают израильскими флагами?
Какое отношение Израиль и его нынешняя борьба имеют к оппозиции в Бразилии?
Чтобы в полной мере оценить значение этого явления, следует иметь в виду, что оно отнюдь не ограничивается Бразилией. Рассмотрим следующую цитату Герта Вилдерса, лидера правонационалистической голландской партии Партии свободы, который в прошлом месяце был избран главой правительства этой страны.
«Война против Израиля - это война не против Израиля. Это война против Запада. Это джихад. Израиль просто получает удары, которые предназначены для всех нас. Если бы не было Израиля, исламский империализм нашел бы другие места для высвобождения своей энергии и стремления к завоеваниям. Многие в Европе выступают за отказ от Израиля, чтобы снять недовольство наших мусульманских меньшинств. Но если Израиль, не дай Бог, падет, это не принесет Западу никакого утешения. Это не означает, что наши мусульманские меньшинства вдруг изменят свое поведение и примут наши ценности. Напротив, конец Израиля придаст огромный стимул силам ислама. Они, и это будет справедливо, увидят в гибели Израиля доказательство того, что Запад слаб и обречен. Конец Израиля будет означать не конец наших проблем с исламом, а только их начало».
Или вспомните слова Стива Бэннона, бывшего главного стратега и руководителя предвыборной кампании президента Дональда Трампа, сказанные в его популярном ежедневном шоу Warroom. «Дело не в Израиле, не в еврейском народе, - сказал он. - Это шариатско-супрематистское глобальное движение, которая финансирует мулл в Тегеране в партнерстве с Эрдоганом, который хочет восстановить Османскую империю Людям стоит проснуться. Речь идет о вас. Речь идет о вашей цивилизации. Речь идет о вашей культуре, вашем обществе, вашей стране. Это касается ваших убеждений, вашей семьи и ваших детей».
Вилдерс и Бэннон - не исключения. Среди националистических правых сил по всему миру поддержка Израиля все больше становится нормой.
Премьер-министр Венгрии Виктор Орбан и недавно избранный президент Аргентины Хавьер Милей - еще два примера лидеров правых националистов, которые являются убежденными сторонниками Израиля. Орбан дошел до того, что объявил вне закона демонстрации сторонников ХАМАСа в Венгрии.
Во всем мире правый национализм находится на подъеме. Хотя есть много вопросов, которые объединяют это движение на разных континентах, один вопрос стоит выше остальных. Сторонники Милея, Вилдерса, Орбана и Бэннона считают, что западная цивилизация находится под угрозой.
Судя по антирождественским демонстрациям, которые мы наблюдаем в Лондоне, Нью-Йорке и других городах, становится все более очевидным, что такая интерпретация текущего момента вполне точна. Кажущаяся смешной толпа Queers for Palestine на самом деле имеет большой смысл. Тот же самый культурно-политический лагерь, который хочет разрушить традиционные западные ценности, стремится уничтожить Израиль.
Для израильтян настало время самоанализа. Весь сионистский проект был бы невозможен без иудео-христианского национализма, признаемся мы себе в этом или нет. Успешное капиталистическое национальное государство, построенное на религиозно-этнической идентичности, корни которой уходят в Библию, отвечает всем требованиям, которые презирают прогрессивные глобалистские левые. Отказ левых от Израиля всегда был предопределен.
Правда ли, что правые националисты традиционно заражены антисемитизмом? Безусловно. Но времена меняются.
У левых антисемитизм растет и становится нормой, а у правых он отступает и сменяется восхищением Государством Израиль как единственной страной, дающей отпор джихадистскому исламу.
Израильтянам пора осознать исторический момент, в котором мы находимся, принять эту новую реальность и узнать, кто наши настоящие друзья.
WSJ inst a country
If thermobaric weapons have been used on civilian populations in North Vietnam, then that's precedent right there. I cannot understand why the US is out to ban development and use of weapons its own military has pioneered in a civilian setting. Smacks of anglo saxon double standards and good old fashioned gaslighting.
The hypocrisy of the United States has reached space!
Vietnam war (1955 ) was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam, the north was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist states, while the south was supported by the United States. It lasted almost 20 years. Casualties and losses: North Vietnam & Viet Cong 30,000-182,000 civilian; South Vietnam: 195,000-430,000 civilian dead...
let's compare it with the wars of Russia
the First Russo-Chechen War, was a struggle for independence waged by the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria against the Russian Federation from December 11th, 1994 to August 31st , 1996 (about 1.5 years). 30,000-130,000 chechen civilians killed
The Soviet-Afghan War was a protracted armed conflict fought in the Soviet-controlled Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA) from 1979 to 1989. Civilian casualties (Afghan):
562,000-2,000,000 killed, 3+ million wounded
Clearly you don't get what they mean when they talk of a rules based order. Which simply put means rules for thee but not for me.
"one side unleashed manmade horrors so theres enough precedent to justify all sides doing the same!!!" Not a double standard to say it's bad to forcefully overpressure peoples lungs in a fraction of a second. "WAAA THOSE ANGLOS CAN EXPLODE LUNGS WHY CANT I" get a grip.
@@denism8494 the US is literally sponsoring dropping phosphorus bombs on kids...no one says russia dropping thermobaric weapons is good but look at your double standard. The US has already set a bar of barbarism in all conflicts they've been it's not unrealistic that other countries wouldn't do the same to prove a point.
I heard rumors that TOS-1 is a very good denazification tool.
So long as you redefine “nazi” as anyone who doesn’t like you or want to be ruled by you.
So... deploy it in Texas and Florida
@@gamegoofDo you mean Texas People Republic?
Not yet, they are going to have to fight to the death to keep that land, as they love to do.@@constantinekuleshov2116
@@constantinekuleshov2116 It was basically smth like this when it was annexed from Mexico
The hypocrisy to say they used it but russia can't is hilarious😂😂
yeah now human right activist woke up, as if usa right==human right 😂
Don't worry the US controlled UN and ICC will pass resolutions soon. Oh we can do it.. You can't.
Russia only started to use cluster munitions, after the US sent some to Ukraine first. We couldn't continue to provide 155 mm artillery rounds, so we gave them these instead. 🤦♂️ I keep hearing Jen Psaki saying, 'giving cluster bombs to Ukraine would be a war crime' 🤔
The US itself hasnt said anything on the use of thermobaric weapons. journalists are just hippies
@@denniscrork318This is utter garbage.
Russia has used cluster munitions from the very start of the war. Documented on video from the third day.
I'd say get your facts straight, but I doubt you have much interest in what is actually true.
The US and Israel have used these weapons on civilians
The U.S. used them in insurgents. Russia used them on civilians in Syria
no they didnt, russia did though
@@trader2137any proof?
@@wound957ruralapex you have a wikipedia page listing hundreds of russian war crimes in UA... there are videos of grads/phosphorus/cluster bombs falling on cities, are you ignorant or what?
@@trader2137 Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria.
So you can kill with missile, nuclear bomb but can't use a bomb that will suck the oxygen out of air!!!!!!!!!! are you kidding???
The US still uses it
Fun fact: thermobaric warheads created in the US have the same effect!
Yes but US bombs have LGBT rainbow 🌈 drawn on lt so it's ok.
fun fact basically the entire world's military uses artillery systems that already have some extreme danger to potential civilians, whataboutism is not an argument.the complaint is about russia even going to war with ukraine in the first place and starting this mess. the US having done war crimes does not nullify russia doing war crimes.
Have you not noticed the 8 years of genocide in Donbass? But as always clear, the Russians started the conflict. secure🙄
Russia is now producing TOS-2 which has a much longer range.
and ODAB-500 airbombs. So the distance is no longer a problem, only the price...
Yeah, they just wait for some more stolen fridges from Ukraine because they need the chips... 🤡
@@choro3d191which is comparatively not high, this being a russian made weapon and all.
@@user-dn2ux6jf5u but seems not being used often (at least till now), judging by numerous stormings of tranches "infantry vs infantry".
@@choro3d191 From what I see in russian telegram channels - used in numbers pretty much daily. Older TOS is short ranged, main hull is very well armored, but the huge launcher is not - so it's deployed with some care. Another possible option, just a speculation: thermobarics pretty much kill every living thing, squirrels and bacteria included, and russian stormtroopers engage the next defensive position - to let second line soldiers dig in. Or the usual chaos of russian half-fucntional command chain - storming trenches with minimal support while the artillery is on a break.
"Stop the TOS-1 before it is used" wow what a brilliant strategy.....
But ukraine and the west are not capable of that, it is good advice, you guys just aren't capable of doing it. 🤷
Actually, it's a tactic, not a strategy.
@@tylerdurden4006 very easy to do when you can put chips in your missles and you are fighting an enemy that hasn't progressed as a society since the cold war.
bro, you're living in lala land. russia can produce it's own microchips, it may not be as advance as the west have but it's more than adequate for its needs. @@deadlock_problem
@@deadlock_problem
The ancient Romans also said this towards the barbarians, who didn't even know what a catapult, a ballista or an onager was, but we know how it ended up with those 'primitive' and poorly evolved enemies. But if you just like recent history, you can also draw a parallel with the invasion of Afghanistan. After 20 years of futile war, who won by taking over the nation's government? The advanced Westerners or the backward Taliban?
The progress of a nation's society does not necessarily correlate with the final outcome of a war involving that nation.
Hope you will publish a video showing the dangers of US cluster bombs used by Ukraine in the battle field.
Cluster bombs are banned by most countries in the world but US supplied them to Ukraine to fuel the war, causing barbaric effects
The reason for banning isn't the immediate effect. And so *what we have seen* wasn't considered "barbaric" (it's just a lot of small bombs). The reason is that they leave behind unexploded bomblets that may harm civilians for years to come (unless carefully cleared).
They are banned only by countries who don't think they will be part of a major war in the near future.
To 'fuel the war'? That's rich you put it that way. Russia started the war entirely on it's own. Noone is responsible for this war but Russia. Russia has been using cluster munitions throughout the entirety of the war.
And you are not smart.
@@powdork Nope, Russia were not using them until very recently when Ukraine launched cluster muntions into the city centre of Belgorod(Jan 2024) with the express purpose of killing civilians.
USA started this war...not Russia.
I bet you took all the jabs too.
@@powdorkUkraine started this war when they killed civilians in Russia
I can't see the problem here. The side that's complaining is still providing cluster ammunition and depleted uranium shells for armored tanks to the Ukrainian forces. There are no long-term consequences with vacuum bombs, as there are with depleted uranium. Just Google it, but make sure you're not sensitive to gruesome images. (You have been warned.)
This ammunition not only kills its primary and immediate targets but also affects generations of descendants on both sides.
Apparently they conveniently forgot the USA supplier illegale cluster ammunition themselves . Oh how hypocrisie is becoming a standard these days..
The hypocrisy of the United States has reached space!
Apparently so is illiteracy
@@texasrenegade2337 Not everyone has English as their first language. But obviously, when you have nothing to say about the hypocrisy of the US, you resort to grammar na$ism
@@Day-wm7nn 🤫 he is trying to look smart.
@@texasrenegade2337 How literate are you in your second language?
The shock wave kills you by overpressure which damages your internal organs. The vacuum part won't kill you. Been explained by actual physicists and medical professionals many times.
dont bother wsj spent hours on tik tok researching it
There is a _lot_ of nonsense being written about thermobaric weapons, indeed. Just the name "vacuum bomb" is silly, not how this weapon works: it's overpressure and to a very small degree the flame front.
yeah they explain it in the video over pressure damages organs
@@Nala_1230 I'm on about them feeding into the false narrative that it somehow kills you by sucking all the oxygen out of you.
one way or another, still quite effective
Is MOAB getting banned too? Oh wait, wrong military.
MOAB is Democratic Bomb and it's Ethical for the US
@@abdirahmaanmohamed1582 halal bomb?)
the TOS-1A is the name of the vehicle not the actual explosive. it can fire ordinary HE rockets aswell
WSJ should talk about Isreal also using phosphor bombs. in Palestine Gaza
they won't
@@r3dp1ll thats right because they are on Israelis side
And Lebanon, it has been confirmed that they used US made phosphorus bombs
The west aids Israel in excuse the use of such weapons. The prime minister of Netherlands asked lawyers about what can be done to make Israel look like it didn't commit war crimes?.
USA and UK are the main sponsors of the genocide government.
US complain about thermobaric while also supplying cluster ammo
Typical US hypocrisy
@@1Know1tHurts Russia used cluster munitions on civilian targets ukraine is using it on ruskies
Lol triggered.
US military never complained about thermobaric weapons
@@JoHn-gi1lb im referring to WSJ. As US media. Of course US armed force also had FAEB themselve
You still didn`t mention Russia`s strategic shovels
Thats the sickest shovel ive ever seen
Banning a weapon is like saying; u can kill him by that weapon but u can't kill him by this weapon 😂
Thats exactly how it works))
@@alexeyshamanin This is not a video game where you work on balancing
@@ALFABETAS999 TOS doesn't need to be nerfed. It already has too short range
Yeah, I understand the thought behind restricting cluster bombs, but restricting this because it takes your breath away for a brief moment before you get blown to smithereens anyway (as you would with any regular HE bomb) is kinda superfluous.
When the US uses it it is ok but when Russia uses it they want to bann.
what a joke!
Russia has pretty cool weapons
Indeed, apparently they began to recently mass produce electromagnetic pulse missiles (EMPs) called ‘Alabuga’.
Most ameritards still have in their heads thar russia uses rusted equipment from the soviet era and throws thousands of men against the ukrainian machine guns. The propaganda has completely emptied their heads.
When they work properly. Russia's weapons are typically best when they're new fresh out of the factory. They never quite figured out that you can keep them in brand new condition with a little bit of maintenance and it's a whole lot cheaper than having to buy new stuff every time because you ran the old stuff into the ground.
@@ignacio4159 Americans are well aware of Russias weapons arsenal, at least what we know of. Many just don’t want to accept the fact that Russia has them. 🤷♂️
For a developing country? Sure they do.
NATOs weapons are lightyears better tho.
Whatever Russia is using is not close to what was used against Hiroshima and Nagasaki!!
Cluster munition: no big deal
thermobaric rockets: REEEEEE
"Because it is difficult to avoid thermobaric weapons, some military analysts have said Ukraine's best course of action is to try and destroy the weapon before getting destroyed by them"
Very insightful analysis, hope Ukraine listens to this and plans accordingly.
Yes, a big thanks to WSJ!
Imagine what would happend if these analysts haven't told that, It would have been catastrophic..
@@Michael4x Exactly! I'm pretty sure Ukraine would've let those vehicles annhilate their cities if that analyisis hadn't been made. Props to WSJ.
What about Israel’s
This things pops dramatically 😅
How Russia's new weapon will leave you *breathless*
Literally 😂
@@loyaaheibam6277 it's not just the weapons, they leave a lot of their own troops breathless with their meat wave strategies and WW2 tactics too
They don't want to say that because it will seem like they're promoting it😂
Breathless from laughing so hard...wonder how this will look like from a drone?
@@Kris-er3gj There's already footage of drone-TOS encounters of the third kind.
Fortunately Russia now producing new type of thermobaric weapon with longer range TOS-2.
Eco-friendly? 😂
@@777mustdie possibly the opposite, ToS-2 is way bigger and now carries twice as many rockets with twice the range and tows a trailer behind it with twice more spare rockets. explosive warhead is also bigger now.
@@vladG30 Oh, even me, russian guy, didn`t heard about TOS-2... I`ll check info about it. Thanks))
They have already used new obe but 16 rockets on the track@@vladG30
WSJ is behind the times the TOS 2 entered service it has twice the range, has course correction and slightly higher BBQ power.
Another one of Putin's Wunderwaffe? (This is sarcasm btw)
"higher BBQ power" lol
@@DeathMonkeys i guess you think the T14 armata is equipped with a Tiger P engine from WW2 ? btw how much are you paid for you'r online trolling?
@@AgentK-im8ke wow the paid trolls pre-emptively strike with the question they should answer.
So there is Smerch. It has a range of 80 km, and thermobaric ammunition is 10 times more powerful (it undermines nitrogen, not oxygen).
It's so laughable to say some weapon is banned. Imagine telling someone to stop while also telling them that they cannot use these tool, so they should use other tools. When real war comes, all these dumb rules will be tossed out of the window by everyone.
A ridiculous discussion about sending people to their deaths in a "humanitarian" way.... then maybe you should also think about banning attacks with drones that drop charges, because in most cases a charge isn't enough and it can take minutes for the next one to arrive, which may still not be fatal. Anyone who has seen recordings like this knows what I mean...
Agree
They also target wounded soldiers. Disgusting. Wounded soldiers are protected by the Geneva Convention. You can drop a charge on a unwounded soldier, but as soon as he's wounded, you're not supposed to drop a second one.
@@danielallan8061 That's what it looks like, it's disgusting. And as long as you don't have anything to effectively combat drones, war is even more pointless and inhumane than it already is. Everything is immediately explained and fought, anyone who goes on the offensive suffers absurd losses. And in Europe, the “elites” absolutely do not want to talk about peace. On the contrary, in Germany, for example, the Chancellor stands up publicly and justifies this war, saying it is a necessity. In England, British Foreign Secretary (and later Prime Minister) Liz Truss professed in a keynote speech that “victory for Ukraine (…) is a strategic imperative for us all and therefore military support must be massively expanded” . This war is a perfidious farce! Sorry, I digressed.
ukraininan victory means keeping the status quo, their borders, intact, thats a simple baseline demand. Never forget who the agressors and invaders in this war are@@gorllik26
@@julianseipp2708 And who came to the Russian border, despite repeated warnings. The Russians shouldn't feel threatened when the "arch enemy" of over 70 years marches to their borders, without flowers. And just read the article "Michael von der Schulenburg, Hajo Funke, Harald Kujat - Peace For Ukraine" / detailed reconstruction of the Ukrainian-Russian peace negotiations in March 2022. Then a lot of things should become clear to you, just this much, Putin After a month of war, "wanted to bring the negotiations to a conclusion at any price" (original sound: Oleksandr Clichy, Ukraine ambassador). Who wanted to continue the war, the West, which also provoked it.
" Some military analysts have said Ukraine's best course of action is to try destroying the weapons before getting destroyed by them... "😮😱
Unbelievable piece of information here from military analysts and experts... sharing such valuable and classified knowledge is something you don't see everyday
Thank you so much for enlightening us
Mericans used the same kind of bomb in Vietnam, check the "Daisy Cutter" - BLU-82.
Will America be held accountable for its supply of cluster bomb which are illegal under international law. Ukraine has used American cluster bombs in Donetsk and Belgorod.
But they arent though, while CNN and many other news sources pretend they are when it suites them, they are not... The ban on cluster munitions is a treaty based rule which the USA, Russia, and Ukraine have not signed onto and therefore not subject to. So the US handing them to Ukraine is in fact very legal, how Ukraine uses them could theoretically violate the laws of war on other grounds though.
cluster munitions are not illegal. Russia has used them in Ukraine since begining of war and I think that Ukraine has also right to decide if they want to use them in their own land
Breathtaking weapon
HAHAHAHA, REAL
I see what you did there lol
George?
@@j-twd930 How do you know my name?
literally mind-blowing
Russia has the most moral army in the world
Well at least in this conflict i agree with you.
0:13 As a South African, I could immediately tell this guy had an Afrikaans accent.
Combined with "University of Fort Hare" caption, instantly confirmed lol😂
Whatever happens, we have got
The TOS-1A , and they have not.
The small underpressure created by thermobaric explosion is completely insignificant when compared to the overpressure.
You wouldn't suffocate or even notice any lack of oxygen.
Ask the Ukrainian troops what it feels like
The big deal with thermobaric weapons is that unlike conventional explosives with a very sharp shape to the pressure over time the thermobaric has a much longer dwell time at the maximum pressure. Even if the max pressure and temperature are similar the extended time of over pressure does the dirty work.
"Human rights" and the "US" cannot be used in the same sentence ever again ....
@@Georgevbrusso the UN and the US are both a joke, i never recognised their
jurisdiction
The point is that there is no hiding from this weapon. They are worse than napalm, because... penetrates into any crack or basement where there is open access to air. I can’t say for sure, the main element is like aluminum oxide, which, when interacting with oxygen, undermines it over the entire area. Russia still has thermal ammunition for Smerch, which is no longer made of aluminum but titanium, which interacts with nitrogen, which is ten times more abundant in the atmosphere.
"used by USA to clear forest in Vietnam" 😂😂😂😂😂
Why report on TOS-1A when Russia has the TOS-2 Heavy Flamethrower with a bigger missile and longer range?
It doesn't "Sucks the Air Out of Your Lungs ... Its a thermobaric bomb/missile launcher.
Thermobaric bombs or "vacuum bombs" are also used by US, UK, Israel, Syria and Ukraine.
Thermobaric bombs gets the misnomer "vacuum bomb", because of a partial vacuum it creates AFTER the initial explosion has already occurred. One of the effects is rupture of lungs after the shockwave but this happens from other explosions as well, be it from a nearby bomb like C4 going off or from an artillery strike. Shockwave happens during every explosion and is not exclusive to thermobaric or "vacuum" bombs/missiles.
Ukraine doesn’t have, produce or receive thermobaric weapons. The only documented instance of it being used by the Ukrainian side was by the Da Vinci Wolves unit using a captured trophy TOS-1 against its former owners.
Yes, but you can protect yourself better behind obstacles against an ordinary explosion, however with so-called vacuum bombs this is much more difficult. This explains their extensive use by the Russians.
Its just another nasty weapon. Queu up and pull a number, Tos! Gets a notorious mythe like the Stuka had. Nothing super about it, except hollywood lovers get aroused by it.
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Actually Infantry level thermobaric weapons like RPO-A Shmel are used by many other nations. Works on similar principle but scaled down.
@@SayakMajumder handheld infantry flamethrowers are a different story. Yes they can be morally questionable indeed, but in comparison to the TOS-1 they don’t pack as a serious punch, whereas that thing is basically a rolling war crime most infamous for demolishing big cities like Mariupol. Also it’s important to note that Ukraine doesn’t use any RPO-A Shmel launchers, since the soviet stockpiles were mostly reserved for the RSFSR and the arms trade between Ukraine and Russia has been suspended since 2014, instead they use a domestically produced, improved modification called the RPV-16.
and cluster munitions are banned, but US send them to Ukraine, not to mention uranium depleted ammo. US is a bunch of hypocrites
I like how all American enemies are terrorists😂. And if you're friends with them you might be designate as one too! I've always wondered if American regards it's enemies as terrorists,Then what is America to them since you(America)do the most bombing?
Corrupt politicians in the pentagon we Americans never see their names on any ballot. Not even constitutional...
The US used the "Daisy Cutter" variety to clear landing fields, so this bomb isn't exclusive to Russia. BLU-82 produces an overpressure of 1,000 pounds per square inch (6,900 kPa) near ground zero, tapering off as distance increases. It is detonated just above ground by a 38-inch (970 mm) fuze extender. This results in a maximum destruction at ground level without digging a crater.
Big difference is daisy cutters were used on caves and jungles. Not cities.
They tested a wide variety of Thermobaric devices in Afghanistan & Iraq but they were eventually banned as to inhumane
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No
@@chrissmith7669 Awwww how nice of the Butcher Bush. Did he test them on rabbits? or on humans?
@@springbloom5940 yes we did. There are jaw dropping video of what a thermobaric hellfire can do
WSJ you should make a video about the white fosforous weapons that Isreal is using, pls.
WSJ, you do know we used the exact weapon on the caves in Afghanistan, right? but, could this be a case of "well, its ok when we do it?"
That Afrikaans accent is unmistakable.
A lot of inaccurate and outdated information regarding this weapon. A would consider the TOS 1A not to be a short-range weapon as it has range up to 20km. The number of active TOS-1A is not accurate. All modern versions have an anti-drone protection cage.
If you think 20 km is not short range, you have some research to do before you try to correct others.
@@eniooliveira9196that's at least average my guy! 😂
@@eniooliveira9196 MLRS rockets normally have several times that range.
@@ravener96 I wouldn't apply the adjective "regular" there, but that's exactly my point. If you bring this thing close enough to use it, it'll be within reach of anything that fires farther than a mortar.
@@eniooliveira9196 i think i have misunderstood your original comment, we agree
It's producing Tos2's now. Tos2 rockets have 50% greater destructive capacity.
and longer range as well (around 10 Km)
And is a truck
@@aaroncruz9181 It's also got a mechanism to aid in reloading.
ТОС 2 действует исключительно на легкие демократов.
US drops Thermobaric 💥
BIden: We don't want any escalation ...
wait i thought they were using old fridge parts to make stuff
Guess they had a couple of smart fridges laying around...
One scary weapon system
Yes but I'd be more scared of what Uncle Sam has.
@@DeathMonkeys No.
How would you suffocate when the blast if over is seconds. Can't the average person hold their breath for 10 seconds?
The pressure can collapse your lungs, and the way this explosives' works (aerosols a fuel to make use of the natural air) it is more likely to burn peoples lungs which also leads to asphyxiations.
When you hold your breast you still have air in your lung. In this case air sucked up out . The damage on the respiratory system kill you or if you survive (blast, burning air, vacuum, negative pressure …) let you permanent injuries.
The overpressure does the damage, not the underpressure.
If you are close enough to the explosion to witness the "vacuum" effect, you are already dead.
There is videos of TOC-1 use from Syria. Bodies stay impact not even burned.
TOC heats the air up to 3000°C
It's actually not the latest version. Tosochka is the one, longer range more devastating and more mobile. Russia shows it's weapons superiority over NATOs ones in Ukraine.
The country that dropped Agent Orange in Vietnam is trying to give us a moral lesson guys
Incendiary weapons in a military format are not limited by international law @wsj, only when used against civilians.
humanitarian and warfare doesn't exactly go together
Look who is talking about illegal weapons. The same people who used napalm against children 50 years ago
Is this the same type of technology in 9mm cartridges? The ones that blow the lungs out of the body?
That sounds like some malarkey to me 🤣 literally only clicked this video to find this comment haha
TOS is very short range thus is only used very close to the front line where there is very few remaining civilians even in urban areas. Thus any debate about thermobaric weapons would be more pertinent with other weapons.
In fact, the main defense against such weapons by the Ukrainian is not destroying them but dispersing their troups at the front line just as against others artillery weapons that have a zone of effect. This is why there is no continuous heavily manned trenches in this war. Any concentration of force would be very quickly destroyed by indirect fire.
TOC used to eliminate bunker, stronghold and such
The US uses them as well. As a vet, I personally saw them in use.
Why's the USA concerned about it? The US have as well.
Human rights activists want to restrict these weapons and yet approve the use of cluster munitions on civilian markets in Donetsk city
That's just Harkonnen's rocket tank!
Meanwhile America has been sending cluster munitions and depleted uranium shells, the blatant hypocrisy makes me laugh
Weapons that Russia has already been using since they started the war... So Russians should not complain if they are served the same medicine in return 🎉
@@chilijohny354 You support the Nazis of Ukraine, what a disgusting way to defend them too
How about ending war? This is horrible weapon, but with modern technology only expect more and worse. Ultimately there will be no survivors.
A larger long range guided version is under construction. Planned production run is in the thousands.
Planned******** They'll make like 30 over the next decade.
This script has been written by ChartGPT, a free version, the sad part these clowns didn't even take the time to read it.
"To avoid thermobaric weapons, Military analysts told Ukraine to destroy the weapons before getting destroyed by them" that genius if you ask me.
Agree. And if it wasn't written by ChatGPT, it should have been.
Ai sounding a lot like moustache man with that logic.
Here's an idea, maybe we shouldn't push countries to the point of war so our elites can make a profit and feel tough. You reap what you sow and we aren't sowing nothing good.
Hypocrisy of the So-called Geneva Convention!! They call out for the ban of thermobaric weapons but not of conflicts/wars. The convention should put more focus on cease-fire rather than banning the weapons.
It's just a thermobaric weapon. The U.S. has been using them on civilians in the middle-east for decades.
Americans talking about Russia, and forgetting what their country did in Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan. Always support Russia 🇷🇺🇮🇳
The hypocrisy of the United States has reached space!
🇷🇺 🤝 🇮🇳
South America CIA stuff was brutal too
US used this kinda weapon in Vietnam, Afghanistan and could use. Russia can not use this kind of weapon in Ukraine. Ok.
The hypocrisy of the United States has reached space!
That we invented and used in Vietnam.
The last frame of the drone footage reveals that the hit vehicle is actually a Grad rocket launcher, not a TOS-1A. The Grad MLRS has metal tubes welded together, while in the TOS-1A, the missile tubes appear like holes in a solid block.
Another advice from these geniuses is you have to win otherwise you lose.
humans’ capacity for cruelty and inhumanity towards other humans is nearly limitless… especially among the ‘psychopath class’… and it has been going on for millennia
'Human rights advocates' That ignore other countries use of the exact same thing
I love how people think that a piece of paper dictates how and when you are going to fight for your life in war.
OGs remember thermobar bombs from C&C Generals)
MOAB. Now that brings me back. CC Generals was way ahead of it's time. Think about it. Global Islam, USA and China. Those were the factions.
How long until ion lasers are deployed?
Americans:
It’s within our constitution to be able to buy these. I need one to PROTECT MY FAMILY AND MY PROPERTY.
fail
I would say yes.
They sell em at every grocery store and hardware store. I guess you don't know that, cause, IDK, education not big in your country?
I really don't understand why people insist on using the word "vacuum" with these devices. They don't "suck" oxygen from anywhere. There's a charge that distributes the fuel in the air, where the oxygen is, and a second that detonates the hopefully-by-then stochiometrically (is that a word? should be) ideal fuel/air mixture. Oxygen molecules surrounding but outside that cloud of fuel don't suddenly get somehow sucked up by the detonating compounds (aside from the inrush of air you'll often see after any large explosion, after the initial outgoing pressure wave, when the hot gasses loft). And I'm not arguing pro or con - I'm just saying, they're already harsh weapons, no need to make them sound scarier than they already are.
Of course they show a residential building with their explosion diagram
educational video. I am always confused by the term 'rules of war' and 'weapons being made illegal'. I only rule of war is to win.
today i will simply binge every single wsj-produced weapon system explanation video
Who would be indignant?! Napalm, nuclear weapons, Agent Orange, phosphorus, depleted uranium!!! Tell me who used this all over the world???
It is believed that Russia added TBG-7V thermobaric warhead to UAV's so it makes it quite difficult to destroy them now. Armies should take lessons from this war and get ready since this will be what they will be up against in the future conflicts
Why wouldn’t type of payload change how easy the are to intercept?
@@chrissmith7669 Very hard to intercept but again a much smaller effect, it's similar to our SMAW-NE round.
@@trogdortpennypacker6160 100m radius per blast that destroys everything! Multiply that by 24 and that is some serious damage!
i have noticed alot of russian drone footage has had a huge blastwave literally taking out houses with medium-sized drones. that make sense to me now. compare to others and ukraines drones its very large difference. crazy how fast boths side interiated ukraine being the first to use cheap drone now russia learning that and master them. like anti drone cages or "cope cages" used by russia now ukraine uses them. its like a push and pull.
That's actually unlikely, given just how fast the progress is.
In ten years we might see completely AI-driven drones or even laser weapons being used.
Not saying there's nothing to learn here, but it's quite naive to expect that the next war will use the same kind of weaponry.
Those frontline cities/towns (like Avdiivka, Vuhledar, Bakhmut) where it's used are void of civilians.
What cities? Oh the ones with no civilians in them.
Something straight out of Red Alert.
Sick showel technology
Some nice shovels!