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  2. Pencil detonator - Wikipedia

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    The briefcase bomb used in the July 20 plot used a captured British pencil detonator inserted into a block of British plastic explosives weighing approximately two pounds. The bomb was set to 30 minutes and detonated as planned, but Hitler survived with minor injuries. Stauffenberg could not prepare the second block, though. He got rid of it ...

  3. Delay-action bomb - Wikipedia

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    A delay-action bomb is an aerial bomb designed to explode some time after impact, with the bomb's fuzes set to delay the explosion for times ranging from very brief to several weeks. Short delays are used to allow the bomb to penetrate before exploding: "a delay action bomb striking the roof of a tall building will penetrate through several ...

  4. Time bomb - Wikipedia

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    A time bomb (or a timebomb, time-bomb) is a bomb whose detonation is triggered by a timer. ... Two limpet mines, set to detonate 10 minutes apart 1985

  5. Teen shooting suspect charged in Orlando Halloween horror ...

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    The Florida teen charged in the mass shooting at Orlando’s Halloween celebration, which left two people dead and six wounded, was a “ticking time bomb” with a history of behavior problems ...

  6. Doomsday Clock - Wikipedia

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    It has since been set backward 8 times and forward 17 times. The farthest time from midnight was 17 minutes in 1991, and the nearest is 90 seconds, set in January 2023. The Clock was moved to 150 seconds (2 minutes, 30 seconds) in 2017, then forward to 2 minutes to midnight in January 2018, and left unchanged in 2019. [5]

  7. Fuze - Wikipedia

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    Time fuzes detonate after a set period of time by using one or more combinations of mechanical, electronic, pyrotechnic or even chemical timers. Depending on the technology used, the device may self-destruct [ 21 ] (or render itself safe without detonation [ 22 ] ) some seconds, minutes, hours, days, or even months after being deployed.

  8. Four-minute warning - Wikipedia

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    The four-minute warning was a public alert system conceived by the British Government during the Cold War and operated between 1953 and 1992. The name derived from the approximate length of time from the point at which a Soviet nuclear missile attack against the United Kingdom could be confirmed and the impact of those missiles on their targets.

  9. The smart ring explosion is here — a sign that fitness ...

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    On Thursday, the company announced a $200 million series D funding round, bringing its valuation to $5.2 billion. There's also been an explosion of competitor rings, including the $349 Ultrahuman ...