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Moscow is also dropping what appear to be fuel - air bombs , described by one arms expert as “ a mini nuclear bomb ” next to residential areas . Former British Army explosives expert Major Chris Hunter called it “ a very , very irresponsible act ” . Thermobaric weapons generate a high - temperature explosion followed by a blastconflict.attack.bombingwave that lasts far longer than a conventional explosive . “ It is a breach of the Geneva Convention to use these weapons off the battlefield , ” Major Hunter said . “ The effect on civilians is horrific . ”
The first one was bigger . It blew out all the windows . ” Most of the wounded in the subway blastconflict.attack.bombingwere evacuated to the Rue de la Loi , outside the station , which serves the area that hosts most of the European Union ’s core institutions . Brian Carroll , 31 , a communications consultant from Washington , said he was on a subway car near Maelbeek en route to a conference in downtown Brussels when he heard a loud blast . “ As we were pulling into the station , there was suddenly a loud explosion , ” he said in a phone interview .
Photos : World War II in pictures Hide Caption 34 of 38 Photos : World War II in pictures A patient suffering severe radiation burns lies in the Hiroshima Red Cross hospital in August 1945 . Many of those who survived the initial blastconflict.attack.bombingon August 6 died of severe radiation - related injuries and illnesses . Hide Caption 35 of 38 Photos : World War II in pictures A dense column of smoke rises more than 60,000 feet into the air over Nagasaki , the result of an atomic bomb dropped on August 9 , 1945 .
Hide Caption 35 of 38 Photos : World War II in pictures A dense column of smoke rises more than 60,000 feet into the air over Nagasaki , the result of an atomic bomb dropped on August 9 , 1945 . An estimated 60,000 to 70,000 were killed in the Nagasaki blastconflict.attack.bombing. Six days later , a little after noon local time on August 15 , Emperor Hirohito 's announcement that Japan had accepted the terms of the Potsdam Declaration was broadcast on radio . Japan had surrendered .