The aggressor country of russia massively installs a thermobaric warhead on Shahed-136 type attack drones, which poses a much greater threat to residential premises.
This was reported by Defense Express on Thursday, November 7.
The russian federation installs the TB BCh-50 high-explosion munition in Shahed-136 drones to attack Ukrainian cities. This ammunition has a weight of 52.4 kg and contains 2,306 balls with a diameter of 9 mm, which provide a combined thermobaric and fragmentation effect.
"Thermobaric ammunition demonstrates maximum effectiveness in closed rooms, because such a "cloud" can cover several rooms. That is why the russian federation uses Shaheds with TB BCh-50 for attacks on cities with the aim of killing the civilian population of Ukraine. And that is why Kyiv is primarily under the attack of russian-Iranian drones," the article says.
The publication notes that in case of detonation of a thermobaric warhead in a living room, it is much more difficult to hide from its effects, since the cloud of fire can completely fill the apartment, and the rule of "two walls" should save from the effects of high-explosive fragmentation ammunition.
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As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, in December, the russian army began using a thermobaric warhead in Shahed-136 kamikaze drones.
On November 1, the Institute for the Study of War reported that the russian occupation forces had introduced new modifications of kamikaze drones.
On November 3, Andrii Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, reported that the downing of the Shaheds was complicated by the low altitude of their flights and the change in tactics by the aggressor state of russia.
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