Well, that weapon is thermobaric too
not thermobarric in the original sense, but I concede that the thing can be clasified as such
either way its utterly useless anywhere but outside on a hawaian-perfect day. feul air bombs are powerful but rarely useful.
I know that's what I'd use to make a fuel-air bomb. Propane is extremely hot, and can have a third degree burn radius of a thousand feet
propane burns great, but it doesnt explode as well.
From how they describe it, the bomb creates a pressure wave so intense that it drives most of the "air" out of the blast radius... not just oxygen but nitrogen, etc... no burned away so much as pushed away... just for a split second... apparently that shockwave is what does the damage.
precisely.
The only use of such weapons is bunker busters. Or clearing patches of the jungle for landing fields...
it can clear jungle, but it cannot be used as a bunkerbuster because ALL damage is propogated in the upward (or sideways) direction.
let me explain to you what the weapon does: it sprays explosive in a wide area (half spherical, usually) and then ignites it, creating a propogating wave and a very intense fireball. this creates almost knives of pressure that tear through all sorts of stuff, but if its too humid or too dry the explosive could be pushed out (or absorbed into) the air, if its even a tiny bit gusty the whole thing is blown sideways, if its raining dont even get me started...
you have to release the thing in basically ideal conditions, which makes it very much a fear rather than a useful weapon.
