Compare the aftermath of this BLEVE (boiling liquid, expanding vapor explosion) with the aftermath at BIAP.
BLEVE Demo. Start at about the 1:20 mark.
WWG1WGA
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
“I think it was a very small fuel-air bomb”
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Distinct possibility.
Here are a couple Hellfire shots on guntape. Probably HEAT. The little white spots at around :47 on the street are the human remains of the targets shown in “white hot” thermal mode. That’s what I mean when I say ‘shredded’. The shot at around 2:00 shows the cratering effect that is lacking in the Suleiman shot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqkH0R9f4l0
I admit this is a bit of an intellectual diversion while we wait for more drops. It really doesn’t matter as the strike was extremely accurate and effective. I just have a curiosity as to the warhead used.
Highly probable that we’ve developed a very small FAE like you say. Also possible that it’s a HE blast warhead like I’m thinking.
[and Mairdie says this isn’t a slide!] :)