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Russia tried out its vaccum mega bomb
12.09.2007
Vacuum bomb - a bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive; "a thermo baric bomb can create overpressures equal to an atomic bomb"An explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions: a device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges; the first charge bursts open the fuel container at a predetermined height and spreads the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen; the second charge detonates the cloud which creates an enormous blast wave and incinerates whatever is below