When Russia’s military deployed its TOS1A ‘vacuum bomb’ that sucks the oxygen out of the air, analysts said Ukraine’s best defense was to destroy the weapons before Russian troops could use them. Human rights advocates are pushing to restrict the TOS1A, as some experts are arguing it could harm civilians in urban areas. So what makes the TOS1A so deadly and controversial?

WSJ explains why this thermobaric weapon is so feared and how Kyiv has dealt with them.

Chapters:
0:00 The “Scorching Sun”
0:38 How the TOS1A works
2:55 Ukraine’s defense against TOS1A’s
4:29 Why the TOS1A is not banned
5:45 What it would take to ban

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