Russia arms terrorists with powerful weapon capable to destroy several residential blocks in 1 shot.

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Channel: NewsFromUkraine · 2015 · News & Politics

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The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) spotted the powerful TOS-1 Buratino multiple rocket launcher in Luhansk (http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/186276). 

The rockets have two types of warhead - either incendiary, which can spread flames over tens of kilometres, or thermobaric, which sucks up oxygen to boost the explosion.

A spokesman for the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine told the BBC the discovery was particularly significant because of the damage the rockets could cause.

Only Russia produces the system, according to defence analysis group IHS Jane's and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, and was not exported to Ukraine.

Read more at: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34425454

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