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In Syria, spotted the "puppet": one of the most devastating weapons ever invented by man
We persist in not calling her "second Cold War" but the reality is clear. The Russian front and the US are again on the two opposite banks of the river, do not communicate, you do not understand but they fight. If America at this juncture decided to hush the guns, the Russians instead want to hear the roars kilometers away. From the attic of the little-known but damn lethal weapons, the Kremlin would reintroduce the TOS-1 Buratino. The name does not strike a great terror but its name to dwell, would be our biggest mistake.
The Buratino was a project almost unknown until relatively recently and is considered by connoisseurs of unusual weapons a real gem in the hands of the Russians. The technical name of Buratino is TOS-1 and is classified as heavy thermobaric weapon for systematic annihilation of any obstacle that gets in the front. It is designed to engage forces appiedate, fortifications and light armored vehicles. The system is comparable to the systems MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System), but this shoot different types of missile and has a range less (6 km). The TOS-1 was developed in the early 1980s and has been used successfully by the Soviet army in Afghanistan and later by Russian forces in Chechnya. Today seems to have arrived in Syria.
The Buratino uses rockets to 220 mm and is in effect considered heavy artillery saw his caliber. On this type of support are employable two different types of heads: the first explosive type arsonist and the second fuel-air. These are also called thermobaric warheads. This type of ammunition release a large cloud of flammable and causes huge explosions, just because of his disruptive force this technology is used to "crumble" literally fortified bunkers and underground.
The control system of the fire is considered cutting-edge, all procedures Guidance and target capture are made within the unmanned vehicle exposed to fire. TOS has an optical viewfinder, a ballistic computer and a laser range finder which measures the distance to the target with a maximum error of 10 m. Captured data is automatically entered in the ballistic computer that calculates the elevation and rotation required. The crew is composed of three elements: commander, gunner and driver.
The nightmare of the strange Russian code name is considered by many the same way as an atomic bomb. The explosion caused creates a sphere of hot gases at very high temperatures, accompanied by a devastating over-pressure. To achieve this effect the bomb combines a special explosive, in the form of gel or powder, and with metallic additives, to atmospheric oxygen, which acts as oxidant. After which the mixture is allowed to deflagrate by an appropriate primer. The Russians were the forerunners in the development and large-scale use of weapons based on these principles but also the Americans have made their contribution especially in Vietnam with the Daisy Cutter, "tagliamargherite" to quickly create landing pads for helicopters.
In Syria these destructive weapons may already be in action to eradicate barricades built by the rebels or bunkers where they hide the followers of the Islamic State. Whatever the real goal of Putin is no doubt that the Buratino has a strong strategic and psychological impact. Those who are very close to the explosion are destroyed. Similarly those in its vicinity undergo several internal injuries, so invisible, including the rupture of the eardrums and auditory organs, several concussions, the rupture of the lungs and internal organs, and blindness caused by the shock wave powerful. Any type of tissue that interacts with the shock wave is compressed, crushed, sheared or disintegrated by the excessive weight based on the properties of the metal material used to increase the explosive power. Internal organs that contain air (ears, lungs and intestines) are particularly vulnerable to explode because the micro-fragments of metal material creep in the organs where there is oxygen and burns.
The TOS-1 was not intended to stem the enemy advance, but to destroy the armies even before they go into battle. Undermine the emotional stability of the enemy is a very valuable technique in a context like the current asymmetrical.
If it does not work only the deterrent effect, Putin and the Kremlin would be willing to come to terms with the implications of the use of this weapon involved?
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"Highway of Death" Iraqi Army Armed Retreat from Kuwait 1991
The Highway of Death refers to a road between Kuwait and Basra on which retreating units of the Iraqi army as well as Iraqi civilians were attacked and destroyed by American aircraft and ground forces during the United Nations Coalition offensive in the Gulf War, on the night of February 26-February 27, 1991, resulting in the destruction of hundreds of vehicles and the deaths of an unknown and disputed number of Iraqi soldiers and civilians. The scenes of carnage on the road are some of the most recognizable images of the war. According to Elaine Sciolino of the New York Times, the images suggested a turkey shoot and contributed to the war's resolution soon afterwards.
American attacks were conducted on two different roads: some 1,400-2,000 vehicles hit on the main Highway 80 north of Al Jahra (the "actual" Highway of Death) and, few days later, another 400-700 or so on the much-less known coastal road to Basra.
On the main highway, aircraft bombed the front and rear of the massive vehicle column of Iraqi Regular Army, trapping the convoy, and leaving sitting targets for later airstrikes. When visited by journalists the main highway had been reduced to a long uninterrupted line of destroyed, damaged, and abandoned vehicles, sometimes called the Mile of Death. The wreckage predominantly consisted of stolen civilian vehicles (such as cars, trucks, and buses) which were manned by Iraqi conscripts and the Palestinian fighters, accompanied by their family members fleeing the advancing Coalition forces.
