The Seismic Bomb

The seismic bomb. In 1941, Barnes Wallace, a British engineer, developed a super-powered aerial bomb capable of going much deeper into the ground before detonating and producing a local earthquake when detonated underground. This type of munition was called a “seismic bomb.“ Its weight was planned at 10 tons, and it was supposed to be dropped from a height of at least 10-12 km. The Anglo-Americans later created prototypes of these munitions and dropped them in 1944-1945 during the bombing of the fortified targets in the territory of the Third Reich. The use of these munitions proved to be highly effective. Therefore, by the end of the war, the U.S. had prepared an even more powerful 20-ton seismic bomb, the T-12 Cloudmaker. Already after the signing of the UN Convention on the Prohibition of Hostile Influence on the Natural Environment, the Americans used seismic bombs during Operation Desert Storm. In 1991, they were used to destroy an underground military complex near Baghdad.