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A briefcase or suitcase bomb with about 50 pounds (22.67 kg) of explosives has a 150-foot (46 m) standoff distance. [3] Larger car bombs or truck bombs have a much larger standoff distance, as the blast radius is bigger. [3] A car bomb with a 500-pound (226.79 kg) bomb has a 320-foot (97.5 m) standoff distance. [3]
Guided bomb: Improvised explosive device: Land mine: Explodes when pressure is applied to the bomb. Outlawed in 164 nations. 1832 Ming Dynasty: Laser guided bomb: Molotov cocktail: Improvised incendiary grenade often made in a beer bottle Nail bomb: 1970 Pipe bomb: Pressure cooker bomb: the pressure of the pressure cooker places high explosive ...
Blast doors in a missile control bunker at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. The 25-ton blast door in the Cheyenne Mountain nuclear bunker is the main entrance to another blast door (background) beyond which the side tunnel branches into access tunnels to the main chambers.
The discharge of a bomb is characterized by the near-instantaneous sublimation of solids or rapid vaporization of liquids into the gas phase. The amount of explosive materials used, the concentration and identity of secondary materials incorporated into bomb design, and the location and height of bomb placement all determine the magnitude of the explosion.
The bomb shelter and surrounding 5.85 acres were sold July 12 to South Rock Road LLC for $899,000. According to neighbor Marty Rhoat, speculation about the bunker has grown in the surrounding ...
An explosion at a historic Texas hotel in Fort Worth on Monday blew out windows, littered downtown streets with large sections of debris from the building and injured 21 people, including one who ...
A bomb exploded on the TGV Paris-Lyon high-speed rail, wounding nine people. The bombing was claimed by the Hezbollah-affiliated CSPPA. [2] CSPPA, Hezbollah: 1985–86 Paris attacks: 20 March Bombing: 2 28: Paris, France A bomb exploded in the Point-Show shopping gallery on the Champs-Élysées, killing two people and wounding 28.
Several people are hurt and the superior courthouse in Santa Maria, California, is closed following “a bomb explosion” Wednesday morning, officials say. Five people injured in ‘bomb ...