A participant stands on a Russian TOS-1 Buratino multiple rocket launcher during "Russia Arms Expo 2013". Reuters
TOS-1A Solntsepyok (Blazing Sun) multiple thermobaric rocket launchers at the Victory Day military parade in Red Square, marking the 75th anniversary of victory in the Second World War in Moscow. Getty Images
Thermobaric weapons are what military experts call fuel air explosives; they create a cloud of explosive aerosol that spreads out before being detonated. Getty Images
The resulting shockwave is more powerful than that caused by conventional solid explosive, crushing anything nearby and sucking oxygen from the air — causing horrific asphyxiation for anyone within its target zone. EPA
TOS-1A Buratino multiple rocket launchers move along Tverskaya Street ahead of the Victory Day military parade in Red Square. Getty Images
A Russian TOS-1 Buratino multiple rocket launcher fires during 'Russia Arms Expo 2013', the ninth international exhibition of arms, military equipment and ammunition in the Urals city of Nizhny Tagil. Reuters
A 30-barrel 220mm multiple rocket launcher system mounted on a T-72 tank Buratino is seen in a dynamic exposition at the International Military Technical Forum 'Army 2018' in Alabino, in the Moscow region. EPA
A woman poses on a Russian TOS-1 Buratino multiple rocket launcher during the Russia Arms Expo 2013. Reuters
A participant stands on a Russian TOS-1 Buratino multiple rocket launcher during "Russia Arms Expo 2013". Reuters
TOS-1A Solntsepyok (Blazing Sun) multiple thermobaric rocket launchers at the Victory Day military parade in Red Square, marking the 75th anniversary of victory in the Second World War in Moscow. Getty Images
Thermobaric weapons are what military experts call fuel air explosives; they create a cloud of explosive aerosol that spreads out before being detonated. Getty Images
The resulting shockwave is more powerful than that caused by conventional solid explosive, crushing anything nearby and sucking oxygen from the air — causing horrific asphyxiation for anyone within its target zone. EPA
TOS-1A Buratino multiple rocket launchers move along Tverskaya Street ahead of the Victory Day military parade in Red Square. Getty Images
A Russian TOS-1 Buratino multiple rocket launcher fires during 'Russia Arms Expo 2013', the ninth international exhibition of arms, military equipment and ammunition in the Urals city of Nizhny Tagil. Reuters
A 30-barrel 220mm multiple rocket launcher system mounted on a T-72 tank Buratino is seen in a dynamic exposition at the International Military Technical Forum 'Army 2018' in Alabino, in the Moscow region. EPA
A woman poses on a Russian TOS-1 Buratino multiple rocket launcher during the Russia Arms Expo 2013. Reuters
A participant stands on a Russian TOS-1 Buratino multiple rocket launcher during "Russia Arms Expo 2013". Reuters
