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A pencil detonator or time pencil is a time fuze designed to be connected to a detonator or short length of safety fuse. They are about the same size and shape as a pencil , hence the name. They were introduced during World War II and developed at Aston House , Hertfordshire , UK .
A time bomb's timing mechanism may be professionally manufactured either separately or as part of the device, or it may be improvised from an ordinary household timer such as a wind-up alarm clock, wrist watch, digital kitchen timer, or notebook computer. The timer can be programmed to count up or count down (usually the latter; as the bomb ...
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 ...
Suitcase bomb: Nuclear bomb designed to fit inside a suitcase. 1950s Thermometric bomb: Time bomb: Trinitrotoluene: Commonly known as TNT: 1863 Julius Wilbrand: Germany: Unguided bomb: MOAB: Massive Ordnance Air Burst. Colloquially known as the Mother of All Bombs. United States: FOAB: Father of All Bombs 2007 Russia: Electromagnetic bomb: 1962 ...
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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. [6]
The first Mills bomb – the grenade No. 5 Mk. 1 – was introduced the same year as the German Model 1915, but due to manufacturing delays it was not widely distributed into general service until 1916. Thus, there was a small period of time where German troops had large supplies of new Model 1915 grenades, while their British opponents only ...
The predominant and original meaning of "Time bomb" is surely the explosive device, so I think "Time bomb (explosive)" should be moved back to "Time bomb". If links elsewhere are faulty, then those other links should be fixed (via a bot or AWB if there are a large number). Any comments?--A bit iffy 12:39, 14 April 2007 (UTC)