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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 ...
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 ...
Blackout is the eighth studio album by the German rock band Scorpions. It was released in 1982 by Harvest and EMI Records. In the US, the album was certified gold on 24 June 1982 and platinum on 8 March 1984 by RIAA. [6] Rolling Stone ranked Blackout as 73rd on their list of "The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time" in 2017.
The X-10 Graphite Reactor is a decommissioned nuclear reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Formerly known as the Clinton Pile and X-10 Pile , it was the world's second artificial nuclear reactor (after Enrico Fermi 's Chicago Pile-1 ) and the first designed and built for continuous operation.
Blackout Bingo is a mobile game that takes the classic game of bingo and adds a competitive twist. Developed by the Skillz platform, it allows players to compete in real time against others for ...
Nier: Automata was review bombed in April 2017 by Chinese players demanding a translation of the game to Chinese, whom PC Gamer called "a powerful new voice". [6]Grand Theft Auto V was review bombed throughout June and July 2017 after publisher Take-Two Interactive issued a cease-and-desist against the widely used game modification tool OpenIV, as an attempt to stop single player and ...
Leo Szilard (/ ˈsɪlɑːrd /; Hungarian: Szilárd Leó [ˈsilaːrd ˈlɛoː]; born Leó Spitz; February 11, 1898 – May 30, 1964) was a Hungarian-born physicist, biologist and inventor who made numerous important discoveries in nuclear physics and the biological sciences. He conceived the nuclear chain reaction in 1933, and patented the idea ...
Review bomb. A review bomb is an Internet phenomenon in which a large number of people or a few people with multiple accounts [ 1 ] post negative user reviews online in an attempt to harm the sales or popularity of a product, a service, or a business. [ 2 ] While a large number of negative reviews may simply be the result of a large number of ...