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Why hasn’t Russia used the thermobaric weapons yet?
by indemnity 5y ago
Why hasn’t Russia used the thermobaric weapons yet?
- poisonarena 5y agothey did, in the outskirts of kharkiv
- jondwillis 5y agoI saw some videos but am still not sure if they’re confirmed.
- poisonarena 5y agogetting downvoted, but here is another vid of it https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1498537119467327488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1498537119467327488%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.redditmedia.com%2Fmediaembed%2Fliveupdate%2F18hnzysb1elcs%2FLiveUpdate_cb0ee32c-9925-11ec-ac4b-7653b25b2f7c%2F0 https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1498537119467327488?ref_...
- rdtsc 5y agoThe propaganda message to his citizens is “we are here to ensure peace”. So until his helpers rewrite the message, they are acting more restrained. But he is already preparing to apply the Grozny playbook where the city was practically razed to the ground. His excuse will be something like “we warned them and they still hid amongst the civilians, it’s their own fault” Mentioning the nuclear threat shows some desperation. He is probably seeing some internal pressure from his corrupt business buddies. Those thermobaric munitions also do a nice job exploding before being launched when hit by a drone. They clear out quite a large group of invaders with one well placed shot.
- sharken 5y agoNo way is Putin going to raze a Ukrainian city like that. It will lead to neutral countries such as China and Brazil to actively isolate Russia even more. And the empty threats towards Sweden and Finland are now just that. Germany is increasing the military defense budget so it will become larger than the Russian. https://m.dw.com/en/germany-commits-100-billion-to-defense-spending/a-60933724 https://m.dw.com/en/germany-commits-100-billion-to-defense-s...
- rdtsc 5y agoWell, a few weeks ago I might have said no way he would actually invade the whole Ukraine. But here we are.
- javier2 5y agoI thought it was the usual posturing, maybe take Donbass, until I saw the staggering number of troops in Belarus and the new military bridge they built right from the border with Ukraine. My stomach dropped when the photos come in 3 days before the invasion.
- pjmlp 5y agoI think he has clearly shown he rather go off spectacularly than lose his face. Unfortunely, most likely this will escalate and I am just waiting for him to declare any kind of help to Ukrain as an official war declaration on Russia, and then we are all in.
- somedude895 5y agoFor the same reason they haven't carpet bombed the capital yet. The pictures would lead to everyone seeing what this invasion is really about and might even put pressure on China to condemn Putin. However, he might be getting desperate enough: > Russian forces are deploying additional artillery assets including thermobaric artillery to the Kharkiv axis as of February 27.