The other day I was sifting through my bookmarks and notes and stumbled upon a note I had left myself when I read that NATO was using Ukraine war as a testing and improvement ground for its weapons. The article dated back to 2023. Furthermore, I recalled that I had also read that the UK had left a small team of military personnel to train Ukrainians and to test UK weapons in situ.
I was reflecting on a potential note about the analogy between the pharmaceutical industry’s drug development and its various clinical trial phases, and was wondering if that is what the UK and NATO want to do in Ukraine? To use it as a testing ground for weaponry clinical trials? It was supposed to be a dark humor piece. But then I came across this thing below and it just made me despair even more about humanity’s fate.
An article, talking about the Russia-Ukraine war, mentioned the use of thermobaric bombs against the Ukrainians. As I was asking myself what a thermobaric weapon could be, I came across the following sentence in the article: « The munitions (thermobaric bombs), also known as aerosol or vacuum explosives, disperse a cloud of high explosive gas or liquid that is then ignited, producing a powerful blast with extreme temperatures and pressure.1 ». I also read elsewhere that these bombs are especially effective against tunnel and underground trenches and silos.
I was horrified as I read the description of the bomb and realized that a group of humans, in every major country in the world, has sat around and designed such bombs. Bombs that spread explosive fuel in the air and ignite it, hoping to kill and maime all the opposing adversaries in that area. Furthermore, there are even more people in those countries that are buying them and training their soldiers in using them. I know it has become a cliché to criticize humanity but imagine humans designing « munitions that disperse a cloud of high explosive gas or liquid » to then ignite around humans with devastating effects. Is that what we can nurture after thousands of years of civilization and trial and error in humanity lessons?!
1 RT, January 22, 2025
Paris, January 30, 2025,
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