Modern conflicts are problematic things.

MQ-9 Reaper launches  the AGM-114 Hellfire missile
(Picture I)

https://vapaaverkkojulkaiseminen.blogspot.fi/p/modern-conflicts-are-problematic-things_1.html

Kimmo Huosionmaa

There was news, that the United States or someone in the government has told lies to people about the situation and reasons, why U.S forces have been used weapons in that area. The reason for the lies might be otherwise caused the very fast analyzes of intelligence data. And if the analyzes are made with hurry, the situation would be very different than what is the base of the solution to use force. But otherwise, the western leaders might want to secure that area because of they afraid that growing influence of China might cause the risk for security operations in that area.


Of course, the military base in Middle-East allows China to begin long-range missions for their air force in the global operations area. The problem of China have been that they don’t have had military bases for supporting their global operations. This means that if some long-range bomber would get damages in turbines, that aircraft needs emergency landing sites or it would be in trouble. In this kind of operations, the long-range bombers and other strike planes would fly from the mainland. And the support aircraft, what are mainly airborne tankers would operate from those bases.


When we are thinking about the fate of Libyan and Iraqi dictators, we must say that nobody misses them. They self-caused the situation, that attack to those countries were able to make. And the open breakings of human rights justified those air strikes. The situation in the global political field is very complicated, what means that the analyzes before actions must be done very carefully. Of course, there have been used inhumane weapons in Syria, and one of the most feared weapons is FAE or thermobaric explosives, what would destroy victims lugs and inner organs.


But the reason why those weapons are used is that the has radius of pressure effect can be defined very sharp. And the kill ratio of that weapon type is about 100 if the targeted person would be in killing radius. Today the British Ministry of defense have prosecuted that they have used AGM-114 N "Hellfire" missiles with their drones, what are equipped with FAE-warheads. But those type of anti-personnel weapons is used also by Russian troops.


The thermobaric explosives are effective against normal buildings and vehicles, but the smooth and aerodynamic shape of the target would decrease the effect of the pressure wave. This weapon is very effective against living force, but as we know that many nations have those FAE weapons in their stockpile. They are quite lightweight and that's why the bazookas have sometimes that kind of warheads. They are also shown their effect against underwater tunnels, where would be pumped mixture of acetylene and oxygen. After that, there would be thrown a couple of torches, and that would destroy entire tunnel system. FAE ammunition is problematic, because of their possible leaks, what makes them ineffective in the real situation.


Those weapons are inhumane like all other weapons on the Earth are. War is the inhumane thing and this is the sad but true in real life. The war on terrorism is the thing, what have always before justified using any weapons, what military leaders want to use. This kind of war has been marketed to the people as the "police action" against non-uniform combatants. And in this case, the international contracts like Geneva-contract are not sustained. Also, use of chemical weapons has been before justified as the legal action, if they are used against guerrilla or "nonuniformed combatants", who are classified as criminals.


We must remember that the Geneva-contract is protecting combatants only in the international conflicts, and in national conflicts like civil wars are combatants without the protection of the law, and when we are looking this thing very cold-blooded, are the military forces justified to execute every guerrilla, what they find. And this is the problem with international law. Those laws are made for protecting the winners, and many modern conflicts are leaving without their jurisdiction. There have been situations that two states were in the conflict that way, that they were supporting guerrillas on opponents area, what have caused bloodshed and traumatic situations were human rights have systematically broken. But the international community has been unable to stop those actions because those situations are classified as "domestic conflicts".

Sources:

http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-drones-syria-using-controversial-vacuum-bombs-478492745

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmRASCHJe2Q

Picture I

http://www.avionslegendaires.net/wp-content/uploads/images/avion_militaire/Gmq9-index.jpg

https://vapaaverkkojulkaiseminen.blogspot.fi/p/modern-conflicts-are-problematic-things_1.html

Writing about problems of thermobaric explosives

Kimmo Huosionmaa

There is one good question in the modern strategic field. That question is "why the USA doesn't create thermobaric explosives like Russian army"? Somebody thinks that the USA wants to be humanitarian and makes only the direct pointed weapons, like magnetic warheads, where small dynamo makes an electric field, what melts the ammunition core.


Those kind of weapons are actually very new, and there is no need for internal explosives, only the powerful dynamo in the ammunition is enough to melt that projectile as a liquid metal. That kind of ammunition is very dangerous for airlines because there are no explosives, what can notice that weapon.


But why the USA doesn't get the most powerful explosives on the earth? The problem of thermobaric explosives is that weapon is loaded with fuel, what is very low-temperature vaporizing material like propane or acetone. Thermobaric explosive works like that way, that there is a small explosive inside the bomb, what makes the cloud of those chemicals. After that, the ignition explosive will explode that chemical cloud with extreme huge power. That pressure effect-weapon is very powerful, and it is used in some nuclear simulations after nuclear test ban treaty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lyvoNGWGFU

And that thing causes problems with those weapons because if the ammunition core will be warm, that fuel will vaporizing, what makes the rise of pressure. That might cause the danger, for the user of those weapons. Another major problem with thermobaric explosives is a leak of those chemicals, what cause explosions or the situation, where those weapons will leak empty. That is a very bad scenario, especially for the man-portable thermobaric weapons, like rifle grenades and bazookas, what are equipped with thermobaric warheads.


And of course, new radiological weapons like the microwave and crossed radio masers, what causes arc flame inside the building can make those weapons to explode. Many of chemicals that are used in thermobaric warheads are not poisonous, but they might cause risk of explosion in the warehouse. And if that explosive material leaks away from the warhead, it will cause the situation, where those warheads are useless against the enemy.