How to Use thermobaric in a Sentence

thermobaric

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• 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
• The weapons, also known as thermobaric or vacuum bombs, explode in two stages, creating a blast wave that lasts longer than those of conventional explosives.
  — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
• 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

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024