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minus-square@Madison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink5•2 years agoYup, thermobarics make tunnels deathtraps and Israel certainly has the thermobarics we sold them.
minus-square@kbotc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-1•2 years agoIsrael’s not using Fuel-Air bombs here. There’s no point. They’re just using a shedload of mk 80 series with guidance systems. Probably the Mk 81s that the US brought back into service to try and reduce collateral damage during the Iraq war.
minus-square@Madison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•2 years agoExcept they have, it’s been documented alongside white phosphorus on mixed targets (civilian w/ “terrorists”). https://www.financialexpress.com/business/defence-unleashing-the-unprecedented-the-controversial-use-of-thermobaric-bombs-in-recent-conflicts-3283223/
Yup, thermobarics make tunnels deathtraps and Israel certainly has the thermobarics we sold them.
Israel’s not using Fuel-Air bombs here. There’s no point. They’re just using a shedload of mk 80 series with guidance systems. Probably the Mk 81s that the US brought back into service to try and reduce collateral damage during the Iraq war.
Except they have, it’s been documented alongside white phosphorus on mixed targets (civilian w/ “terrorists”).
https://www.financialexpress.com/business/defence-unleashing-the-unprecedented-the-controversial-use-of-thermobaric-bombs-in-recent-conflicts-3283223/