China has shown off a " new eccentric " of massive aeriform bomb , which they claim is 2d only in top executive tonuclear artillery , and knight it the Chinese version of the " female parent of all bombs " .
In a video recording published on the People ’s Liberation Army Air Force ( PLAAF ) account on Taiwanese social media website Weibo , a closer image of the bomb could be seen , which was then screengrabbed and deal to non - Chinese media .
Little is known about the bomb , though there is speculation that the weapon system is thermobaric and similar to the US ’s own mother of all bombs , or Russia ’s forefather of all bombs , The Drive reports .
China had previously register off the weapon via thestate - affiliate site Global Times . In the promotional telecasting , a H-6 K bomber drops the weapon system in a test , releasing a material detonation .
" The massive bam can easily and altogether pass over out fortified ground targets such as reward buildings , bastions and defense shelter , " Wei Dongxu , a military analysttold the state - affiliated news site . They added that military observer notice " the weapon will also spread fear among enemies if a weapon of this calibre is deploy " .
The weapon , claimed to be small than the alike US model , is thought to be thermobaric in nature . Thermobaric weapons , orvacuum dud , create explosion more powerful and annihilating than conventional weapon of the same size of it , by explode a vapor in the clap zona .
" Thennobaric munitions work out by ab initio dispersing an aerosol can swarm of gaseous state , fluent or exquisitely pulverised explosive , " apiece in the Journal of Military Veterans ' Health ( JMVH ) explains . " This cloud run around aim and into cavities and structures . lt may penetrate little openings , such as openings in buildings , sand trap and engine bays of armored vehicles , before being ignited . "
" The result is a plasma cloud that reaches temperatures of between 2,500 - 3,000 ° C [ 4,500 - 5,000 ° F ] . "
This cloud burns more slowly than conventional weapons , adding to the destructive power .
" The injury are more stark in enclose spaces as the bam undulation reflects back and forth , submit the target to multiple insults , " the JMVH explicate . " One should not forget the burning event of the explosion either , as it consumes all oxygen in the arena and the resultant void deplume liberal physical object into this void . "
Smaller versions of the weapons ( than the so - call " female parent of all bomb " ) have been deploy by theUS , Russia , Syriaandthe UK , and roundly condemned by human rights mathematical group on every juncture , largely due to the method of death it induces .
" The effect of a [ thermobaric ] explosion within confined spaces is immense , " aCIA reportinto the weapons found . " Those near the lighting level are wipe out . Those at the fringe are probable to suffer many internal , and thus invisible injuries , including burst eardrums and oppress internal ear organs , severe concussion , ruptured lung and inner organs , and possibly sightlessness . "
The method acting of death for a mickle of victim is the vacuity , which ruptures the lungs . A disjoined US governmentreportadded , rather grimly , that the " shock and pressure waves cause minimal damage to brain tissue paper , " adding " it is possible that victim of [ thermobaric weapon system ] are not rendered unconscious by the blast , but rather suffer for several seconds or minutes while they suffocate . "
