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2. 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 ...

3. Improvised explosive device - Wikipedia

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   These devices would detonate the bomb if it was moved in any way. Typically, the safety-arming device used was a clockwork Memopark timer, which armed the bomb up to 60 minutes after it was placed [91] by completing an electrical circuit supplying power to the anti-handling

4. Time bomb - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Military 'practice bomb' from the '60s found on New Year's ...

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   A corroded bomb believed to be over half a century old washed up on a California beach during a storm and was found on New Year's Eve, Santa Cruz authorities said.

6. Fuse (explosives) - Wikipedia

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   Once ignited, safety fuses will burn underwater, and have no external flame that might ignite methane or other fuels such as might be found in mines or other industrial environments. Safety fuses are manufactured with specified burn times per 30 cm, e.g. 60 seconds, which means that a length of fuse 30 cm long will take 60 seconds to burn.

7. 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.

8. Mountain View, CA Weather - Hourly Forecasts and Local ... - AOL

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   Fox Weather 30 minutes ago Ice Storm Warning issued in Iowa as Midwest braces for 'treacherous' travel conditions. Days of freezing temperatures and a surge of moisture will create potentially ...

9. Deerfield Beach, FL Weather - Hourly Forecasts and Local ...

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   Bomb cyclone's record rain, high winds followed by frigid air and snow A powerful storm that met the definition of a bomb cyclone on Thursday morning brought extreme wind and rain to the East ...