Russia invented a fire-fighting bomb to prevent fires

Russian Bazalt Factory designers have introduced a new invention - a special fire-retardant bomb named "500kg air-caliper fire-extinguishing medium," or ASP-500 for short.

Fire-resistant bombs are manufactured by Bazalt Enterprise.
(Source: RIA Novosti)

According to the Russian voice, in front of the constant forest fires in Central Russia, many Russian companies have had to promote research, finding new and more effective means to fight fires and factories. Bazalt has invented the ASP-500.

The chief engineer of Bazalt Enterprise, expert Viktor Sudnitsyn, said the bomb was the first fire-extinguishing vehicle, meaning that before attacking a certain fire, experts would drop the bomb from the plane. fire drive.

When the bomb hits the ground, it will explode to form a cloud of hydromassage. Thanks to shock waves, this 400-liter mixture of liquid will spread throughout the burning area, extinguish the largest flames. Then it was the planes and helicopters that continued the fire service.

A bomb will ensure extinguishing the fire on an area of ​​1,000m ² . Viktor Sudnitsyn said, the ASP-500 ensures 100% of fire extinguishing fluid is placed on the fire, limiting the area of ​​fire because it prevents oxygen from reaching the burning area.

This device does not have a navigation system, but is only hung on a fighter or aircraft. However, the bomb with the security device hit the target. An aircraft can carry many bombs to bomb the carpet.

Concerning forest fires in Russia, President Dmitry Medvedev called on Russian businesses and billionaires on August 16 to help rebuild villages destroyed by the "fire" in the last fire. .

Responding to the president's call, some Russian businesses and billionaires pledged to contribute millions of rubles to the reconstruction of the villages.

The Russian government had previously pledged to rebuild 2 million rubles (65,490 USD) houses for about 3,000 people who lost their homes due to fires.

During the heat wave and wildfires that lasted for more than 50 days, many wheat crops in Russia were also destroyed and economists estimated the country could lose $ 14 billion in GDP. now on.