Termite fire on the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation: in the West, surprised by the Ukrainian drone-warlone-Forbes (video)

According to Forbes, experts have called a drone-warnetet with a new termitic weapon and have questioned its legality. They also believe that it can have a significant impact on the moral spirit of the Russians. The Ukrainian drone, which saws the fire for planting with the Russians in the Zaporizhzhya direction, attracted the attention of Western media. He was called a new thermal weapon. Forbes writes about it.

So, on August 2, a video appeared on the network, where the Ukrainian drone flies along a strip of trees occupied by Russian troops and "pouring" for planting fire. The video called "Dracaris" was filmed by fighters of the 108th separate brigade of territorial defense of Ukraine and published in the Telegram channel "My call sign-Godvin". "Ammunition ejects spark splashes, not a stream of inflamed fluid created by traditional fire-metric weapons, such as a cult American backbone m2.

This gives a significant key to its identification: a stream sparks are characteristic of thermal weapons. , especially for the destruction of abandoned Russian vehicles, "the newspaper writes.

The author of the publication notes that termititis is a high -temperature inflammatory material, usually a mixture of activated iron oxide (rust) and aluminum powder, and a thermal reaction can reach a temperature of about 4000f, sufficient for melting a steel plate and can be a useful tool for cutting and welding. However, termititis is limited as an inflammatory weapon due to a limited area.

Unlike other fighters that burn instantly, the thermal reaction takes a considerable period of time, heating a small area to a high temperature. "Instead of staying in one place, the moving drone spreads the product of thermal reaction along its trajectory of flight during burning. Drops of molten iron fall like splashes of hot rain, but anyone in a bunker or indoor trench will And even outdoors, troops in helmets and bulletproof vests are well protected if they do not try to look up.

in the message. According to Forbes, the legality of such weapons is doubtful because it allegedly violates international humanitarian law, but notes that the Russians are widely used by thermobaric weapons. "The new weapon is unlikely to be decisive. Thermal fire of the position of the Russians will not destroy, except to apply it more intensively, but the protective cover will definitely remove.