FAE

Other forms: FAES

Definitions of FAE

1. noun

   a device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges; the first charge bursts open the fuel container at a predetermined height and spreads the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen; the second charge detonates the cloud which creates an enormous blast wave and incinerates whatever is below
   synonyms: fuel-air explosive

   types:

   aerosol bomb, fuel-air bomb, thermobaric bomb, vacuum bomb, volume-detonation bomb

   a bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive

   type of:

   explosive device

   device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy