{"id":8315,"date":"2024-03-24T22:52:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T22:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=8315"},"modified":"2024-03-24T22:52:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T22:52:10","slug":"dissecting-the-fab-bomb-rumors-separating-fact-from-fiction-in-russian-ukrainian-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2024\/03\/24\/dissecting-the-fab-bomb-rumors-separating-fact-from-fiction-in-russian-ukrainian-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Dissecting the FAB Bomb Rumors: Separating Fact from Fiction in Russian-Ukrainian Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-Accounts on social media have circulated news claiming that Russia is preparing hundreds of highly explosive FAB bombs to strike Ukraine as a retaliatory response to Moscow&#8217;s attack.<\/p>\n<h3>FAB bombs in retaliation for Moscow&#8217;s attack!<\/h3>\n<p>These accounts have shared images of massive missiles with Russian inscriptions reading &#8220;For Crocus Theater,&#8221; referring to the victims of the attack on a concert hall northwest of the Russian capital, Moscow. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2024\/03\/23\/us-embassy-warns-of-potential-terrorist-attack-in-moscow-suspicions-arise-after-concert-hall-shooting\/\">attack<\/a> resulted in the death of at least 143 people and the injury of around 152. 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a day before the attack &#8211; to a defense factory in the Russian province of Nizhny Novgorod, where he inspected the production process of FAB-500 bombs.<\/p>\n<p>RT website published a report titled &#8220;The Tsar Bomba Became Heavier&#8230; Russia Prepares to Introduce a New Weapon to the Front in Ukraine,&#8221; revealing the increased productivity of FAB-500 bombs lately, multiplying several times over.<\/p>\n<h3>Production of FAB-1500 bombs, weighing 1500 kilograms, has doubled.<\/h3>\n<p>Since last February, the factory has begun serial industrial production of FAB-3000 bombs, weighing 3000 kilograms and striking with a force of 1200 kilograms.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ar\">\ud83d\udd34 \u0628\u064a\u0646\u0645\u0627 \u064a\u0646\u0634\u063a\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u063a\u0631\u0628 \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa<br \/>\n\u0628\u0625\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0628\u0648\u062a\u064a\u0646<\/a> \u0628\u0645\u0627 \u0644\u0646 \u064a\u0641\u0639\u0644\u0648\u0647\u060c \u0628\u062f\u0623\u062a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0631\u0648\u0633\u064a\u0627<\/a>:\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa<\/p>\n<p>\u0628\u0639\u062f \u0641\u0648\u0632 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u064a\u0635\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u062d\u0642 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0627\u0646\u062a\u062e\u0627\u0628\u0627\u062a \u0644\u0644\u062a\u0648 \u0641\u064a \u0625\u0646\u062a\u0627\u062c \u0643\u0645\u064a\u0627\u062a \u0643\u0628\u064a\u0631\u0629 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0646\u0627\u0628\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062c\u0647\u0629 \u0628\u0648\u0632\u0646 3000 \u0643\u062c\u0645 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062a\u064a \u062a\u0643\u0641\u064a \u0644\u062a\u062f\u0645\u064a\u0631 \u0623\u064a \u0645\u062f\u064a\u0646\u0629 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0623\u0648\u0631\u0648\u0628\u064a\u0629<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u0647\u0646\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u062f\u0621 \u062e\u0637 \u0625\u0646\u062a\u0627\u062c \u0647\u0627\u0626\u0644 \u0644\u0644\u0642\u0646\u0627\u0628\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0642\u064a\u0644\u0629 FAB-3000 (\u0648\u0632\u0646\u0647\u0627 3 \u0637\u0646).<\/p>\n<p>\u0648 \u062a\u0645\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1FnqhKAYVw\">pic.twitter.com\/1FnqhKAYVw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bint Qtr \ud83e\udd8b (@SbintQtr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SbintQtr\/status\/1770961467723964744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Friday evening, four gunmen attacked the &#8220;Crocus City Hall&#8221; 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