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  2. Time bomb - Wikipedia

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    A time bomb (or a timebomb, ... September 30, 1956 [2] ... Truck bomb used 20 ft fuse for twelve-minute delay, intended to collapse both towers. ...

  3. Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Wikipedia

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    His assistant, Second Lieutenant Morris R. Jeppson, removed the safety devices 30 minutes before reaching the target area. [133] The Hiroshima atom bomb cloud 2–5 minutes after detonation [134] During the night of 5–6 August, Japanese early warning radar detected the approach of numerous American aircraft headed for the southern part of Japan.

  4. 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 ...

  5. Lewes bomb - Wikipedia

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    The Lewes bomb was a blast-incendiary field expedient explosive device, manufactured by mixing diesel oil and Nobel 808 plastic explosive. It was created by Lieutenant Jock Lewes , one of the original members of L Detachment SAS in 1941.

  6. List of bombs - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Time Bomb Y2K - Wikipedia

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    Time Bomb Y2K is a 2023 American documentary film directed by Marley McDonald and Brian Becker. An all-archival film, it explores the year 2000 problem , and the mass hysteria surrounding it. It had its world premiere at True/False Film Festival on March 3, 2023, and was released on December 30, 2023, by HBO .

  8. Death of Brian Wells - Wikipedia

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    The bomb squad was first called at 3:04 p.m., at least 30 minutes after the first 9-1-1 call from the bank and about 10 minutes after Wells was arrested. At 3:18, three minutes before the bomb squad arrived, the bomb detonated and blasted a fist-sized hole in Wells' chest, killing him in seconds.

  9. Butterfly Bomb - Wikipedia

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    This fuze is highly sensitive to disturbance if the selector switch is set to "Zeit" and the bomb is unexploded. The particular switch setting of any type 41 fuze is clearly visible on its exterior. 67 fuze – clockwork time delay. Time of detonation can be set between 5 and 30 minutes after arming itself in the air.