Catastrophic Destruction Of Russian TOS-1A Thermobaric Launcher

Footage shows the catastrophic cookoff of a Russian TOS-1A thermobaric "heavy flamethrower." It's not clear what initially struck the self-propelled multiple launch rocket system, casing it to self destruct, but it's safe to say that the strike was effective and the launcher is not recoverable.


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Will Killmore is a US Army combat infantry veteran and Purple Heart recipient. He has deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan with the 172nd Stryker Brigade and 173rd Airborne Brigade. Following his time in service, he successfully pursued a certificate of journalism and has been a blogger for Funker530 since 2014. Follow Will’s bad takes on Twitter

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Footage shows the catastrophic cookoff of a Russian TOS-1A thermobaric "heavy flamethrower." It's not clear what initially struck the self-propelled multiple launch rocket system, casing it to self destruct, but it's safe to say that the strike was effective and the launcher is not recoverable.


About the Author

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Will Killmore

Will Killmore is a US Army combat infantry veteran and Purple Heart recipient. He has deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan with the 172nd Stryker Brigade and 173rd Airborne Brigade. Following his time in service, he successfully pursued a certificate of journalism and has been a blogger for Funker530 since 2014. Follow Will’s bad takes on Twitter

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