TOS-3 Dragon: Why Russia's Newest Thermobaric Weapon Is So Dangerous?

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Published 2024-07-14
Imagine a weapon so horrifying it doesn't just rip through the air with a deafening bang, but steals the very breath from your lungs, leaving you gasping for air in a vacuum of fire and destruction. This is the grim reality of thermobaric weapons, and Russia has just unleashed its latest iteration of this fearsome technology: the TOS-3 "Dragon."

This new thermobaric launcher is not merely an evolution; it promises to be a game-changer on the battlefield. Nicknamed the "Dragon" for its fiery breath, the TOS-3 boasts increased range, firepower, and potentially improved accuracy compared to its predecessors.

But what exactly makes it so fearsome?

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All Comments (21)
  • @youmad7068
    Gasping for air? NO, that is a myth that people who do not understand how air-fuel weapons work come up with when told the weapon uses oxygen from atmosphere to burn explosive fuel. This weapon kills with over-pressure. Extremely effective against troops in field fortifications. TOS-1 is designed to to work with tank battalions and to clear trenchers for advancing tanks, TOS-2 (wheeled variant) is designed to soften defences for incoming storm troopers (not talking about star wars storm troopers but modern day infantry trained to storm trenches). TOS-3 is probably going to have more range and bigger payload to make the system more survivable in the wake of modern day FPV dronetactics
  • @SilentioMortus
    Incorrect information. The missiles on TOS2 became more powerful and flew farther. The same thing happened in TOS3
  • @oskars1832
    По некоторым видео снятые везучими наемниками данное оружие действительно страшное. Наемник выложил виде как по позициям в нескольких километрах от него были попадания таких ракет, ему сразу стало плохо он начал блевать и скорее всего получил контузию.
  • @globalterroil3208
    Pinocchio totally looks like a launcher tube! Maybe Buratino does too! ;-)
  • @joni8090
    Bravo Ruussiiaa 🇷🇺 🎖️ 🇷🇺 Simply , Light Years Ahead ! UUURRRAA 🙏🤍 💙 ❤️ Avante
  • @jozefmalik8443
    Je to efektivna zbraň na denacifikáciu ukrajiny. Alebo nie ?
  • @xSkirmish
    — Ivan, the TOS team is on stand-by, which general direction you wanna “CTRL+ALT-DEL”?
  • @niiv9747
    3:51 - скорее не как легкий переводится, а просто в уменьшительно ласкательном значении, как, например, goose (гусь) - gosling (гусенок) Поэтому вместо "Light", лучше перевести, как "Tosling"🤔
  • @daddymoon666
    They poked the bear, only to awoke the dragon...
  • @off6848
    Nice I told people the TOS-3 is here they said it will probably never exist
  • @newguy954
    Didn't even know there's a tos-3,i thought they were satisfied with the tos-2