White phosphorus is also used to create smokescreens during the day, as it puts off a huge amount of smoke when it burns. It can ignite fast-burning, fast-spreading fires on the ground ...

It causes skin to melt away from the bone and can break down a victim's jawbone, but white phosphorus - known in ... an intense heat and thick pillars of smoke. Weapons experts warn that when ...

According to WHO, white phosphorus is a chemical substance that "ignites instantly upon contact with oxygen" and is "very ...

Reports in American media indicate that the Pentagon's recommendation was to supply Ukraine with white phosphorus artillery ...