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  2. Time bomb - Wikipedia

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    A time bomb (or a timebomb, time-bomb) is a bomb whose detonation is triggered by a timer. The use or attempted use of time bombs has been for various purposes including insurance fraud, terrorism, assassination, sabotage and warfare. They are a frequent plot device in thriller and action films as they offer a way of imparting a dramatic sense ...

  3. 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.

  4. 2020 Nashville bombing - Wikipedia

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    The broadcast warned that there was a bomb in the vehicle, a 15-minute countdown elapsed, [11] [14] and the speakers switched to snippets from the 1964 song "Downtown" by Petula Clark. [16] [17] Responding to reports of shots being fired at around 5:30 am, two police officers arrived at the area. Though they did not hear any shots, they ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Pan Am Flight 103 bombing investigation - Wikipedia

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    The wreckage of Pan Am Flight 103. The investigation into the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 began at 19:03 on 21 December 1988, when Pan Am Flight 103, en route from Frankfurt to Detroit with stopovers in London and New York City, was blown up over Lockerbie in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The perpetrators had intended the plane to crash ...

  7. Starfish Prime - Wikipedia

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    The flash created by the explosion as seen through heavy cloud cover from Honolulu, 900 miles (1,450 km) away. Starfish Prime was a high-altitude nuclear test conducted by the United States, a joint effort of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and the Defense Atomic Support Agency. It was launched from Johnston Atoll on July 9, 1962, and was ...

  8. Philippine Airlines Flight 434 - Wikipedia

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    10. Survivors. 292. Philippine Airlines Flight 434, sometimes referred to as PAL434 or PR434, was a scheduled flight on December 11, 1994, from Manila to Tokyo with a quick stopover in Cebu on a Boeing 747-283B that was seriously damaged by a bomb, killing one passenger and damaging vital control systems, although the plane was in a repairable ...

  9. Castle Bravo - Wikipedia

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    Castle Bravo was the first in a series of high-yield thermonuclear weapon design tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, as part of Operation Castle. Detonated on March 1, 1954, the device remains the most powerful nuclear device ever detonated by the United States and the first lithium deuteride -fueled ...