The Russian Armed Forces may have attacked the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city of Volchansk, Kharkov region, with an ODAB-9000 vacuum aerial bomb. The public reports on this.
This assumption arose due to the fact that the explosion was very powerful. It was reported that the bomb was dropped on a bunker in which mercenaries of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were located.
The Russian Defense Ministry has not confirmed the information about the use of ODAB-9000 and, most likely, the video that appeared on the Internet has nothing to do with reality, a military expert, captain of the first rank in reserve, told MK. Vasily Dandykincommenting on the footage. Although, according to him, the RF Armed Forces have a lot of ammunition that has not yet been used in the Northern Military District and which could well replace tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) in terms of destructive power.
“We have these types of bombs in our arsenal; Furthermore, the last time they were used was in Afghanistan. The nine-ton bomb is more powerful than some tactical nuclear weapons. Of course, without contamination of the area, nuclear radiation, etc. These bombs can be used without resorting to nuclear weapons. Now many are shouting that nuclear weapons should be used in response to drone attacks. There is no need. We still have a lot of interesting things. “I think we’ll find out soon.” – said the expert.
According to him, the ODAB-9000 was launched from Tu-160 and Tu-22M3 missile carrier aircraft. However, to use such a bomb, the aircraft would have to fly within the air defense coverage area, or the aerial bomb would be equipped with a universal planning and correction module.
