気き化か爆ばく弾だん

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Meanings

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noun

fuel-air explosive; FAE

Technical military term for a weapon that disperses a flammable cloud and ignites it, producing a large blast. Also known as a thermobaric weapon.

気き化か爆ばく弾だんは、周しゅう囲いの空くう気き中ちゅうの酸さん素そを利り用ようして爆ばく発はつする。
A fuel-air explosive detonates using oxygen from the surrounding air.

気spirit, mind, air

化change, take the form of, influence

爆bomb, burst open, pop

弾bullet, twang, flip

Similar words

燃ねん料りょう気き化か爆ばく弾だん
A longer, more explicit term for the same weapon; 気化爆弾 is a common abbreviation.
サーモバリック爆ばく弾だん
Thermobaric bomb, a closely related type of explosive; often used interchangeably in news reports.

Etymology

Compound of 気化 (vaporization) and 爆弾 (bomb), literally 'vaporization bomb'. The term describes the weapon's mechanism of dispersing fuel into a vapor before ignition.