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| Keywords: US Navy 020305-N-6208N-001 Thermobaric bomb ready for shipping.jpg en 020305-N-6208N-001 Indian Head MD Mar 5 2002 -- A completed BLU-118B thermobaric bomb is ready for shipping at the Naval Surface Warfare Center NSWC Engineers at NSWC developed the thermobaric explosives which were used for the first time against Al Qaida and Taliban forces March 2 during combat missions in support of Operation Anaconda in eastern Afghanistan The name comes from the Greek words for heat and pressure The munition has a primary explosion which releases the fuel for a secondary explosion The secondary causes extremely high pressure wave U S Navy photo courtesy of Naval Surface Warfare Center RELEASED 2002-03-05 020305-N-6208N-001 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 946 U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy March 2002 photographs March 2002 in Maryland Images from US Navy location INDIAN HEAD Md Operation Anaconda Naval Surface Warfare Center Taken with Nikon Coolpix 990 | ||||
