How do thermobaric bombs do damage?

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How do thermobaric bombs do damage?

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By exploding, like most other explosive weapons. The only difference between a thermobaric warhead and a conventional high-explosive warhead is that the thermobaric warhead has a slight delay after the initial “detonation” to spread the fuel/explosive into the air. After that delay (when the explosive has been mixed into the air), the warhead ignites the mixture, causing it to explode.