The idea for the weapons has been around since World War II. However, it was some time before they were deployed. American forces used thermobaric weapons in Vietnam, ...

Thermobaric warheads put the power to demolish buildings into the hands of the average U.S. marine. But Americans arent the only ones with the weapons. The Chinese, the Russians -- even guerilla ...

A thermobaric weapon, also called a vacuum bomb or fuel-air explosive (FAE), is a two-stage munition. A charge first distributes an aerosol from a carbon-based fuel to tiny metal particles.

Though Dangerous, Thermobaric Weapons Aren't The Same As Nuclear. Nuclear bombs -- not to be confused with thermonuclear ...

Thermobaric weapons, initially developed by the Nazis during World War II and first used by the United States in Vietnam, work by dispersing highly volatile chemical particles into the air before ...

Nuclear bombs — not to be confused with thermonuclear weapons — were infamously created in the 1940s during World War II, ... nuclear and thermobaric weapons are downright evil.