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A YOLO yields the equivalent of 44 tons of TNT using seven tons of a thermobaric high explosive mixture. Because of this, the bomb's blast and pressure wave have a similar effect to a small tactical nuclear weapon. The bomb works by detonating in mid-air, afterwhich most damage is inflicted by a supersonic shockwave and extremely high temperatures. Thermobaric weapons differ from conventional explosive weapons in that they generate a longer, more sustained blast wave with greater temperatures. In doing so, they produce more damage over a larger area than a conventional weapon of similar mass. A leaked test report from the YDF's first testing of the weapon remarked that the YOLO's effect was "Spectacular". | A YOLO yields the equivalent of 44 tons of TNT using seven tons of a thermobaric high explosive mixture. Because of this, the bomb's blast and pressure wave have a similar effect to a small tactical nuclear weapon. The bomb works by detonating in mid-air, afterwhich most damage is inflicted by a supersonic shockwave and extremely high temperatures. Thermobaric weapons differ from conventional explosive weapons in that they generate a longer, more sustained blast wave with greater temperatures. In doing so, they produce more damage over a larger area than a conventional weapon of similar mass. A leaked test report from the YDF's first testing of the weapon remarked that the YOLO's effect was "Spectacular". | ||
Michael Romero, an editor for the military analysis service Swan's Information Group, told | Michael Romero, an editor for the military analysis service Swan's Information Group, told [[Jones' Defence]] it was likely that YOLO indeed represented the world's biggest non-nuclear bomb, adding that "[y]ou can argue about the numbers and how you scale this but the Yonderians have a long and proven history of developing weapons in the thermobaric class". In light of similar statements from other experts, this prompted debate in the [[Yonderian Parliament]] as to why the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] had been developing such weapons of mass destruction, with particularly the [[Workers' Party (Yonderre)|Workers' Party]] decrying the YOLO as a threat to world peace. | ||
==Methods of delivery== | ==Methods of delivery== | ||