[Husker24]

Dont the Russians have some kind of secret weapon--- "vapor bomb" that they used in Chechnya. They set these things off at a certain altitude, and the updraft created after the explosion sucks out the air causing lungs to explode. There would be no way to escape it for the Afgans. They could hide under all the rocks and in the caves all they want, there would be no escape. Wasnt this thing called TOSS or TASS or something.

[wonders]

Ref your #8: It's a regular vacuum bomb. The US also used them in Iraq, although perhaps this is not widely known.

It is especially suited to urban warfare because the shock wave can penetrate underground bunkers and shelters.

Victims are killed either by the force of the blast wave, or by the subsequent vacuum, which can cause their lungs to collapse. People on the edge of the blast wave may suffer internal injuries like burst eardrums and ruptured lungs.

The bombs are not explicitly banned under the Geneva Convention on warfare, though the convention does require signatories to use proportionate force and avoid killing civilians.

In other words, they're rather nasty, though limited in scope.