How to Use thermobaric in a Sentence

thermobaric

adjective
  • Which, of course, might be why the Ukrainians were able to hit the thermobaric launcher.
    David Axe, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2023
  • These types of thermobaric weapons have been in development since the 1970s.
    NBC News, 2 Mar. 2022
  • The Ukrainians might not be keen to lob a lot of thermobaric missiles at Russian positions when there could be civilians nearby.
    David Axe, Forbes, 17 Apr. 2022
  • The United States and Russia have reportedly been in a race to perfect the thermobaric weapon, billed as a substitute to nuclear weapons.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2022
  • There has been no confirmation of the Ukrainian claim that Russia has used phosphorus or thermobaric weapons.
    Mary Walsh, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2022
  • The Russians have systems capable of launching thermobaric weapons in Ukraine, the official said.
    Celina Tebor, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Putin reportedly used thermobaric weapons in attacks there to save Bashar Assad's regime.
    Mick Mulroy, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2022
  • In line with President Putin’s recent saber-rattling tendencies, the country picked September 11th to test a giant new thermobaric device.
    David Hambling, WIRED, 12 Sep. 2007
  • Ukraine is accusing Russia of using thermobaric weapons—whose powerful blasts can unleash a devastating toll on people and buildings—in the latest battle for the Donbas area of eastern Ukraine.
    WSJ, 28 May 2022
  • In addition to the tanks, other materiel has flowed into the site, including howitzers, thermobaric multiple rocket launchers and long-range multiple rocket launchers, Janes said.
    Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Although there have been numerous sightings of heavy Russian artillery pieces rolling into Ukraine—and reports that Moscow has already used thermobaric weapons against civilians—there have been no official confirmations yet.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Javelin will cause Russian forces to plaster likely missile positions with high explosive, cluster munition, and thermobaric artillery fire prior to any tank attack.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 2 Jan. 2018
  • The potential use of vacuum bombs is of particular concern because these thermobaric munitions are designed to cause immense destruction.
    NBC News, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Russia has been accused of using thermobaric vacuum bombs during its invasion of Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials.
    Fox News, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Russia also has been using TOS-1A systems firing thermobaric warheads, sometimes called vacuum bombs, which can kill soldiers even in trenches by unleashing multiple pressure blast waves.
    Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2022
  • Originally designed to kill tanks, Hellfire now includes variants with blast fragmentation and thermobaric warheads.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 4 Aug. 2022

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