Just an observation. Fuel-air explosives are so 1960s. "Thermobaric" is just modern public relations. Come up with a fancy, incomprehensible name and---voila'---you have a new weapon! And the major damage effect is massive overpressure. The follow-up suction is true for any major explosion and only results in an inblowing wind. Read all about it in "The Effects of Nuclear Weapons" by Glasstone.
Just an observation. Fuel-air explosives are so 1960s. "Thermobaric" is just modern public relations. Come up with a fancy, incomprehensible name and---voila'---you have a new weapon! And the major damage effect is massive overpressure. The follow-up suction is true for any major explosion and only results in an inblowing wind. Read all about it in "The Effects of Nuclear Weapons" by Glasstone.