Attacks from heaven, defended by the sea: lAt war in Ukraine he is fighting with aerial arsenals, land and increasingly large and sophisticated marine markers. And among the most deadly weapons at its disposal, Russia uses thermobaric bombs and missiles, which transform oxygen into a death blaze and a shock wave capable of infiltrating buildings and devastating objects and people. On the other side of the front, Kiev focuses on the development of drones, increasingly used on the battlefield also in the Black Sea, where Ukrainian Magura managed for the first time to break down a Russian jet, according to the claims of the Gur.
The Magura V5 It is a 5 and a half meters long -free motorboat entirely made of Ukraine. The drone hit his first target on 29 October 2022 in the Black Sea, damaging the “Admiral Makarov” of the Russian fleet. It has a speed that can reach 78 kilometers per hour and a great maneuverability, which makes it stable, assures the manufacturer, the government company Spectastechnoexport. Also destined for surveillance or research and rescue purposes, it has a ability to transport 320 kg of explosive becomes a deadly weapon, capable of hitting even without human intervention up to 800 km. In over three years of war, Magura has been used to damage and sink Russian ships in the Black Sea, creating many problems for the Moscow Navy. And its effectiveness has also been claimed in the defense of the skies: after breaking down two Russian helicopters Mi-8 on December 31, 2024, Saturday the Gur claimed to have destroyed an Su-30 jet, using a Magura from which R-73 missiles were launched.
The thermobaric device It is also called empty bomb because, as Treccani writes, “at the time of the explosion without the air the environment in which it exploded”. In technical terms, a thermobaric bomb works in two phases: an explosive charge disperses fuel in the air, which turns into contact with oxygen into an flammable cloud that can infiltrate structures, tunnels, unfueled environments. A second charge lights the cloud, generating a high temperature explosion and a prolonged shock wave, with a pressure and heat that devastate the area within the range of action. Used for the first time by the USA in the 1960s, the Russians also developed their thermobaric bomb which is now regularly used in Ukraine, where Moscow has deployed the Tos-1 launchers capable of launching these devices. Lastly, in the attack of the night between Friday and Saturday in Kharkiv, but also against the counter -offensive of Kiev in Kursk. Kiev also decided to resort to small thermobaric charges mounted on war drones launched against the Russian defenses.