Russian army deploys its TOS-1 heavy flamethrower, capable of vaporizing human bodies

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Russian army deploys its TOS-1 heavy flamethrower, capable of vaporizing human bodies, near Ukrainian border, footage shows
By: Joshua Zitser - Insider News - 02-26-22
Re: https://www.businessinsider.com/russ...ine-cnn-2022-2

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Russian heavy flamethrower system TOS-1 fires during the International Military Technical Forum Army-2018 in Alabino, outside Moscow, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. Russia has displayed its latest weapons at a military show aimed at attracting more foreign customers. Pavel Golovkin/AP Images

* CNN footage shows a TOS-1 heavy flamethrower being deployed near the Ukrainian border.

* The TOS-1 heavy flamethrower is able to shoot thermobaric rockets.

* Thermobaric weapons are capable of vaporizing human bodies and crushing internal organs, say reports.

Footage from inside of Russia appears to show a thermobaric rocket launcher being deployed towards the Ukrainian border, according to The Guardian.

The video, shared on Twitter by CNN correspondent Frederik Pleitgen, displays a TOS-1 heavy flamethrower, which can shoot thermobaric rockets mounted on a T-72 tank chassis.

The footage was captured south of Belgorod, Pleitgen said, which is about 45 miles away from Kharkiv, Ukraine.

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The footage was captured south of Belgorod, near the Ukrainian border, according to CNN. Google Maps

The TOS-1 was first used during the Soviet war in Afghanistan, The Guardian said, and was also deployed in Chechnya and the Syrian civil war.

It can launch two types of warheads — incendiary and fuel-air explosives. The latter, also called vacuum or thermobaric rockets, work by using oxygen from the surrounding air to generate a high-temperature explosion.

The weapons system is extremely effective against entrenched personnel. The TOS-1A is used to clear out buildings, field fortifications and bunkers, according to Military-Today.com.

They are considerably more destructive than conventional explosives.

According to i News, thermobaric weapons can vaporize human bodies and crush internal organs.

Video link: https://youtu.be/ZiqS_k754oQ

Western officials first publicly expressed concern that Russian President Vladimir Putin might use thermobaric bombs to seize control of Ukraine on Friday, HuffPost reported.

"My fear would be that if they don't meet the timescales and objectives, they would be indiscriminate in the use of violence," one Western official said, per i News. "They don't adhere to the same principles of necessity and proportionality and the rule of law that Western forces do."
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Personal note: How can you destroy relatives of the countries you're invading.
How can they live with the destruction and killing on innocent friends and
neighbors? If you take over their lands you will not find any support or
willingness of the locals. They will be bitter and will not fall inline to a
regeme that destroyed their people and lands. You've gain nothing but
continuous reprocutions of local violence to the invaders. Your respect will
mean nothing - and they will only spit on your grave - should you die
- and you will over time.
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History will denounce your actions and other's of like - for all to read.
Devil's in office are quickly removed over time - but never forgotten
for their souls will burn in hell like so many before him or her.
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