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Graphite bomb BLU-114/B. A graphite bomb is intended to be a non-lethal weapon used to disable an electrical grid.The bomb works by spreading a dense cloud of extremely fine, chemically treated carbon filaments over air-insulated high voltage installations like transformers and power lines, causing short-circuits and subsequent disruption of the electricity supply in an area, a region or even ...
The hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 approaching the South Tower (left) as the North Tower (right) burns next to it.. The September 11 attacks of 2001, in addition to being a unique act of terrorism, constituted a media event on a scale not seen since the advent of civilian global satellite links.
The claim: Bomb found near site of Trump rally in New York. A Sept. 18 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims to share breaking news about another serious security threat faced by former ...
United Airlines Flight 93 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight that was hijacked by four al-Qaeda terrorists on the morning of September 11, 2001, as part of the September 11 attacks. The hijackers planned to crash the plane into a federal government building in the national capital of Washington, D.C. The mission became a partial failure ...
A bomb was mistakenly dropped by a U.S. Air Force Boeing B-47E-LM Stratojet near Savannah, Georgia, when a man in the bomb bay area grabbed the emergency release pin by accident. Similar to the 1957 incident, safety precautions meant that the plutonium was not mounted to the bomb but rather stored elsewhere on the plane at the time.
Updated September 16, 2024 at 12:47 PM. A natural gas pipeline explosion in the Houston area has prompted evacuations and a large response from firefighters to fight the Monday afternoon blaze ...
27 October 1971 [ 3 ] Chicago Pile-1 (CP-1) was the world's first artificial nuclear reactor. On 2 December 1942, the first human-made self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was initiated in CP-1 during an experiment led by Enrico Fermi. The secret development of the reactor was the first major technical achievement for the Manhattan Project ...
The 2011 Southwest blackout, also known as the Great Blackout of 2011, [ 1 ][ 2 ] was a widespread power outage that affected the San Diego–Tijuana area, southern Orange County, Imperial Valley, Mexicali Valley, Coachella Valley, and parts of Arizona. [ 3 ] It occurred on Thursday, September 8, 2011, beginning at about 3:38pm PDT, and was the ...