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Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs.

Conventional weapon

Weapons whose ability to damage comes from the explosive or incendiary release of energy

Conventional weapons or conventional arms are weapons whose damaging impact comes from kinetic, incendiary, or explosive energy. They stand in contrast to weapons of mass destruction.
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Father of All Bombs

Russian thermobaric bomb

Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power (ATBIP), nicknamed "Father of All Bombs", is a Russian-designed, bomber-delivered thermobaric weapon.
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