Putin's dirty war: Moscow bombs with napalm
Russia is said to be continuing to use thermite bombs on the Ukrainian front. This napalm burns instead of exploding, and can reach temperatures in excess of 2,400 degrees.
These thermite bombs are made of aluminium and another metal oxide, usually iron oxide, and burn instead of exploding. The temperatures are so high that the fallout from these bombs can pierce steel and human flesh.
When used in shells, white phosphorus burns immediately on contact with the surrounding air. It can be used to create a wall of smoke, to create cover for forces on the ground, but it is also an effective weapon against human life, the burning product causing terrible, deep burns on the skin, and producing fumes that can asphyxiate those who breathe them in.
The use of these incendiary bombs is prohibited by an International Weapons Convention that came into force in 1983.
(FM / Source: Forbes / photo: Unsplash)
