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Genuinely curious, I feel sorry for everyone involved in military conflict, but: how is dying from this worse than dying from a normal explosion? Does it hurt m
by axiosgunnar 5y ago
Genuinely curious, I feel sorry for everyone involved in military conflict, but: how is dying from this worse than dying from a normal explosion? Does it hurt more? Or does it injure more?
- TheOtherDave 5y agoAFAIK (which probably isn't that far) it's not any worse if you die from the explosion, but, unlike with a regular bomb, with these if you survived the blast you have to then immediately find air to breathe (probably while injured) because they're designed such that they consume all the oxygen in the immediate vicinity. So even if you're already outside, unless there's a stiff breeze you might not be able to crawl to where there's breathable air before you die.
- semireg 5y agoFTA: Another Defense Intelligence Agency document speculates that, because the "shock and pressure waves cause minimal damage to brain tissue ... it is possible that victims of FAEs are not rendered unconscious by the blast, but instead suffer for several seconds or minutes while they suffocate".