- For other uses, see Fuel Air Bomb
The fuel air bomb was a weapon tested by the Allies. It was dropped from a cargo plane and created a massive blast over a designated area destroying instantly anything. The power of the weapon was extreme, and USSR decided to attack the R&D facilities of the Allies and scrap all research, forcefully.
The operational principle behind a Fuel Air Bomb was that in midair, the petroleum-based chemical fuel would be released, turning into an aerosol form to allow for an extremely efficient reaction. Then, a detonator would explode, igniting the fuel and causing a massive explosion.
A similar technology has been reengineered by Nod for the Third Tiberium War, as the Tiberium vapor bomb, which included a similar aerosol ignition and method of delivery (Dropped from an Armageddon heavy bomber), simply replacing the hydrocarbon fuel for a Tiberium one.
It's important to note that the bomb is named "Air Fuel Bomb" ingame instead of "Fuel Air Bomb". Since the name of the mission in which it appears in is "Nuclear Escalation" and its appearance is that of an atom bomb parachuted from a strategic bomber, it's very likely that "Air Fuel Bomb" is actually the code name for some of the Allied atom bomb tests, and not an actual Fuel Air Explosive.