![]() In 1999, Russian generals threatened to use vacuum bombs on rebels during the Chechnya conflict. Russia has a long history with the explosives. Using such explosives is a breach of the Geneva Convention, which established guidelines for humanitarian treatment of populations in war. ![]() Since the most common FAE fuels, ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, are highly toxic, undetonated FAE should prove as lethal to personnel caught within the cloud as most chemical agents." If the fuel deflagrates but does not detonate, victims will be severely burned and will probably also inhale the burning fuel. "What kills is the pressure wave, and more importantly, the subsequent rarefaction, which ruptures the lungs. ![]() "The kill mechanism against living targets is unique-and unpleasant." reads a 1993 U.S.
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