Posted on 05/03/2018 1:59:14 PM PDT by BeadCounter
Britain's defence ministry have acknowledged using controversial thermobaric missiles in Syria that rights groups have described as "indiscriminate".
Royal Air Force drones used the weapons, often called "vacuum" bombs because they suck oxygen into the powerful blast, against targets in Syria in January and February of this year, an FOI request sent by Drone Wars UK, a campaign group, has revealed.
The missiles work by sucking in oxygen from the environment to create a high-temperature explosion with an extremely powerful blast radius. Unlike conventional explosives that cause injuries through shrapnel, the blast effect of thermobaric weapons causes internal organ damage including to the lungs.
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It’s the “Clinton” bomb! It sucks all of the oxygen from the room, then blows up in your face!
The Russian use the TOSS-1A thermobaric system, but that’s OK for them, but not for anyone else?
Britain armed head choppers in Syria. It is our enemy.
Well, now the whole “Dyson Sphere” thing makes sense.
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About a hundred years ago when I was a young Airman stationed at Mildenhall our slang expression for anything British was “Bloke.” So British beer was bloke beer, British money was Bloke money, and a British girlfriend was a Bloke Chic.
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