Russia has tested the world's most powerful vacuum Bomb, which unleashes a destructive shockwave with the power of a nuclear blast, dubbing it the "father of all bombs".
However this testing was done in the end of year 2007 but it raised the concern of other countries due to its better destructive efficiencies than the neculear. According to the sources it can reach the levels of nucler bomb in case of distruction, but unlike nuclear bomb its effects does not have long lasting effects.
The bomb is the latest in a series of new Russian weapons and policy moves as President Vladimir Putin tries to reassert Moscow's role on the international stage.
Test results of the new airborne weapon have shown that its efficiency and power is commensurate with a nuclear weapon.The defense ministry stresses this military invention does not contradict a single international treaty and Russia is not unleashing a new arms race.
Such devices generally detonate in two stages. First a small blast disperses a main load of explosive material into a cloud, which then either spontaneously ignites in air or is set off by a second charge.
This explosion generates a pressure wave that reaches much further than that from a conventional explosive. The consumption of gases in the blast also generates a partial vacuum that can compound damage and injuries caused by the explosion itself. The main destruction is inflicted by an ultrasonic shockwave and an incredibly high temperature and all that is alive merely evaporates.At the same time, the action of this weapon does not contaminate the environment, in contrast to a nuclear one, or simply we can say it is environment destructive but also environment friendly.
"FATHER OF ALL BOMBS"
The Tu-160 supersonic bomber that dropped the bomb, widely known under its NATO nickname of "Blackjack", is the heaviest combat aircraft ever built.
Putin, who has overseen the roll-out of new tactical and anti-aircraft missiles and combat aircraft, has ordered "Blackjacks" and the Tu-95 "Bear" bombers to patrol around the world.
The new bomb was much stronger than the U.S.-built Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb -- MOAB, also known under its name "Mother of All Bombs". So, Russian designers called the new weapon 'Father of All Bombs'.
Showing the orange-painted U.S. prototype, the Russian bomb was four times more powerful -- 44 metric tons of TNT equivalent -- and the temperature at the epicenter of its blast was two times higher.
In 1999 Russian generals threatened to use vacuum bombs to wipe out rebels from the mountains during the "anti-terrorist operation" in its restive Chechnya province.
New York-based Human Rights Watch then appealed to Putin to refrain from using fuel-air explosives. It remains unclear if weapons of this type were used during the Chechen war.
U.S. forces have used a "thermobaric" bomb, which works on similar principles, in their campaign against al Qaeda and Taliban forces in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan.
It (the bomb) will allow us to safeguard our state's security and fight international terrorism in any circumstances and in any part of the world.
However this testing was done in the end of year 2007 but it raised the concern of other countries due to its better destructive efficiencies than the neculear. According to the sources it can reach the levels of nucler bomb in case of distruction, but unlike nuclear bomb its effects does not have long lasting effects.
The bomb is the latest in a series of new Russian weapons and policy moves as President Vladimir Putin tries to reassert Moscow's role on the international stage.
Test results of the new airborne weapon have shown that its efficiency and power is commensurate with a nuclear weapon.The defense ministry stresses this military invention does not contradict a single international treaty and Russia is not unleashing a new arms race.
Such devices generally detonate in two stages. First a small blast disperses a main load of explosive material into a cloud, which then either spontaneously ignites in air or is set off by a second charge.
This explosion generates a pressure wave that reaches much further than that from a conventional explosive. The consumption of gases in the blast also generates a partial vacuum that can compound damage and injuries caused by the explosion itself. The main destruction is inflicted by an ultrasonic shockwave and an incredibly high temperature and all that is alive merely evaporates.At the same time, the action of this weapon does not contaminate the environment, in contrast to a nuclear one, or simply we can say it is environment destructive but also environment friendly.
"FATHER OF ALL BOMBS"
The Tu-160 supersonic bomber that dropped the bomb, widely known under its NATO nickname of "Blackjack", is the heaviest combat aircraft ever built.
Putin, who has overseen the roll-out of new tactical and anti-aircraft missiles and combat aircraft, has ordered "Blackjacks" and the Tu-95 "Bear" bombers to patrol around the world.
The new bomb was much stronger than the U.S.-built Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb -- MOAB, also known under its name "Mother of All Bombs". So, Russian designers called the new weapon 'Father of All Bombs'.
Showing the orange-painted U.S. prototype, the Russian bomb was four times more powerful -- 44 metric tons of TNT equivalent -- and the temperature at the epicenter of its blast was two times higher.
In 1999 Russian generals threatened to use vacuum bombs to wipe out rebels from the mountains during the "anti-terrorist operation" in its restive Chechnya province.
New York-based Human Rights Watch then appealed to Putin to refrain from using fuel-air explosives. It remains unclear if weapons of this type were used during the Chechen war.
U.S. forces have used a "thermobaric" bomb, which works on similar principles, in their campaign against al Qaeda and Taliban forces in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan.
It (the bomb) will allow us to safeguard our state's security and fight international terrorism in any circumstances and in any part of the world.
