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arz · 03-11-2003, 10:03 PM

The Yahoo! story doesn't mention it, but the report I heard on NPR tongith indicates this is a huge fuel-air weapon.

FAs are very nasty devices; they have a one-two punch. The first is the blast that scatters the fuel and the second is the ignition source that, uh, ignites it.

The net result is that the oxygen in the blast area is sucked out very rapidly, causing a sort of explosive decompression/asyphixiation environment. It's a huge anti-personnel weapon, basically.

03-11-2003, 10:03 PM	#8
arz Hand-of-Kindness Extender Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: So Cal Posts: 137	Fuel-Air Weapon The Yahoo! story doesn't mention it, but the report I heard on NPR tongith indicates this is a huge fuel-air weapon. FAs are very nasty devices; they have a one-two punch. The first is the blast that scatters the fuel and the second is the ignition source that, uh, ignites it. The net result is that the oxygen in the blast area is sucked out very rapidly, causing a sort of explosive decompression/asyphixiation environment. It's a huge anti-personnel weapon, basically.