Wilshire@lemmy.world to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 10 months agoRussian incendiaries burning the Kreminna Foreststreamable.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1144arrow-down1external-linkRussian incendiaries burning the Kreminna Foreststreamable.comWilshire@lemmy.world to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 10 months agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·10 months agoBurning white phosphorus (WP) releases a thick white smoke (P2O5 reacting with water in the air). So if there is no dense, white smoke, it can not be WP.
minus-square73 million seconds@infosec.exchangelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months ago@Eheran Thanks, yeah I saw your other comments that provided informational links after posting this. @ukraine
minus-squareours@lemmy.filmlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoCould this be illumination rounds then? Would explain how the forest isn’t actually on fire, the lack of smoke, and the non-chalantness of the video.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoNo, those are incendiary rounds, there just isn’t much left to burn at this point. It looks amazing for a minute and then it is burned up.
Burning white phosphorus (WP) releases a thick white smoke (P2O5 reacting with water in the air). So if there is no dense, white smoke, it can not be WP.
@Eheran Thanks, yeah I saw your other comments that provided informational links after posting this.
@ukraine
Could this be illumination rounds then? Would explain how the forest isn’t actually on fire, the lack of smoke, and the non-chalantness of the video.
No, those are incendiary rounds, there just isn’t much left to burn at this point. It looks amazing for a minute and then it is burned up.