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Significados de fuel-air bomb em inglês

A bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive.

A bomb that generally detonate in two stages: a small blast creates a cloud of explosive material, which is then ignited with devastating effect.

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Examples for "thermobaric device"
Examples for "thermobaric device"
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In line with President Putin's recent saber-rattling tendencies, the country picked September 11th to test a giant new thermobaric device.
Wired
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He knew that Fort Acheron was already bombed with thermobaric devices so the Cylon facilities there were already destroyed, most likely.
Book Three: The Final Exodus
3
"And I've ordered a squadron of Vulture heavy bombers to take out this base with thermobaric devices."
Book Three: The Final Exodus
Uso de fuel-air bomb em inglês
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Fuel-air bombs were an appropriate choice of weapon, in my view.
Agent 6
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"On the beach it was fuel-air bombs," Tekla continued.
Seveneves
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Missiles that dug under and shattered bedrock, cluster bombs that fragmented into a thousand bomblets, vaporized fuel-air bombs that incinerated anything near them.
All You Need Is Kill
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"A fuel-air bomb of some description, I believe," he said, injecting himself with something brown and lumpy.
Crooked little vein