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 Bomb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the case of suicide bombing the bomb is often carried by the attacker on his or her body, or a in a vehicle driven to the target.
A bomb may also be positioned in advance and concealed, for example in a garbage container, car or truck as a car bomb, or by the roadside in a roadside bomb, in a building as a booby trap, or in lugguage in and a vehicle.
Bombing of particular targets such as ships, railroad trains or military vehicles such as tanks is called tactical bombing; bombing of areas such as military bases or infrastructure, such as bridges, industrial centres, transport facilities) is called strategic bombing.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bomb   (1476 words)

  
 Google bomb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The bomb was perpetrated at the suggestion of Ausculture for reasons unknown.
This bombing was started at http://bombardeo.blogspot.com because of the company's announcement to limit download transfer to 4 GB per month (for 512 kbit/s connections).
People watching this blog include the bombs in their blogs. : http://gbombs.blogspot.com/ This blog has been used in the past to initate political bombs mainly, in many countries.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Googlebomb   (4339 words)

  
 ATOMIC BOMB: DECISION (Hiroshima-Nagasaki)
International Law - Bombing of Civilians- At the beginning of World War II, the bombing of civilians was regarded as a barbaric act.
Bard Memorandum, June 27, 1945 - Undersecretary of the Navy Ralph A. Bard wrote that use of the bomb without warning was contrary to "the position of the United States as a great humanitarian nation," especially since Japan seemed close to surrender.
On August 6 and 9, 1945, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed by the first atomic bombs used in warfare.
www.dannen.com /decision/index.html   (946 words)

  
 The Electromagnetic Bomb - a Weapon of Electrical Mass Destruction
Another aspect of electromagnetic bomb lethality is its detonation altitude, and by varying the detonation altitude, a tradeoff may be achieved between the size of the lethal footprint and the intensity of the electromagnetic field in that footprint.
For a given bomb size, this is accomplished by using the most powerful flux compression generator (and Vircator in a HPM bomb) which will fit the weapon size, and by maximising the efficiency of internal power transfers in the weapon.
An electromagnetic bomb delivered by a conventional aircraft [7] can offer a much better ratio of electromagnetic device mass to total bomb mass, as most of the bomb mass can be dedicated to the electromagnetic device installation itself.
www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/kopp/apjemp.html   (14104 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Home - FDNY botches pipe-bomb job
Bomb experts said that was a potentially deadly move, saying the bomb could have been ignited by the friction.
Firefighters uncapped a live pipe bomb found in a Queens garbage fire, brought the device to their firehouse - and didn't bother to call the NYPD bomb squad for nearly an hour after their discovery, authorities revealed yesterday.
Police eventually took the gunpowder-filled, 8-inch bomb from the firehouse to a bomb squad disposal facility.
www.nydailynews.com /front/story/327010p-279541c.html   (814 words)

  
 Terrorism: Q & A Making a Bomb
Building a nuclear bomb is not easy, experts say, although the consequences of terrorists&; doing so could be so devastating that the problem is worth worrying about.
A crude nuclear bomb could be delivered by ship, container, or truck—although the terrorists would have to take precautions to ensure that their device survived the trip.
On the other hand, a crude, self-made terrorist bomb would weigh at least a ton and be larger and less well shielded than compact modern weapons, increasing the chance that authorities could detect and intercept it.
cfrterrorism.org /weapons/making_print.html   (1276 words)

  
 Use the Atomic Bomb
On the military side, realization that a bomb would probably be ready for testing in the summer of 1945 led to concrete planning for the use of the new weapon, on the assumption that the bomb when completed would work.
The successful explosion of the first bomb on 17 July did not apparently outweigh the reasons advanced earlier for keeping the bomb a secret; and evidently none of the men involved thought the question needed to be reviewed.
The sequence of events argues strongly that it was, for bombs were dropped on the 6th and 9th, and on the 10th Japan surrendered.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/70-7_23.htm   (10556 words)

  
 A-BOMB: The Boom Begins May 2003
A-BOMB explodes onto the scene on Free Comic Book Day (May 3, 2003) with LANDIS #0, a 32-page full color comic book containing an original, self-contained prelude to an ongoing monthly series beginning in July 2003.
A-BOMB's second title, THE GOODS, will be briefly previewed in LANDIS #0 and will debut as a monthly series in fall 2003.
The A-BOMB boom is rocketing your way May 2003.
www.keenspot.com /a-bomb   (787 words)

  
 A-Bomb WWW Museum ~ June,1995
Though the amount of energy generated by the bomb dropped to Nagasaki was significantly larger than that of the Little Boy, the damage given to the city was slighter than that given to Hiroshima due to the geographic structure of the city.
It is estimated that approximately 70,000 people died by the end of the year because of the bombing.
The total number of people who have died due to the bomb is estimated to be 200,000.
www.csi.ad.jp /ABOMB   (1111 words)

  
 Bomb - 463rd Bomb Group Main Page
A “dirty bomb,” also known as a radiological weapon, is a conventional explosive such Such bombs could be miniature devices or as big as a truck bomb.
Bomb is a visual musical instrument, software that produces animated organic graphics in response to the keyboard, audio music, or on its own.
Material from the documentary on the US/Soviet race to develop the hydrogen bomb.
baowunet.com /?q=bomb   (195 words)

  
 bomb visual music
Roger Dannenberg and I have integrated his MIDI system W with Bomb, and used the result to produce In Transit, wherein graphics and accompaniment are synthesized in response to real-time trumpet improvisation.
Max, has made Bomb into a max object/plugin so you can control the graphics with sound, midi or your own graphical programs.
note:before attempting to use the Max bomb object, ensure that you allocate at least 8MB of memory to Max.
draves.org /bomb   (622 words)

  
 Google Time Bomb - Will Weblogs blow up the world's favorite search engine? - Microcontent News, a Corante.com Microblog
Several bloggers have already followed suit, and just a few days after the Justice Bomb was lit, five of the top ten results for R Kelly videotape are already weblogs with her Google Bomb.
Google Bombs also tap the natural human instinct for reciprocity: "you help me with my bomb, and I'll help you with yours." [1] Most of the Google Bombing to date has been Ego Bombing anyway, which lends itself especially well to reciprocation.
Google Bombs were conceived last April as part of a brilliant gag by Adam Mathes.
www.microcontentnews.com /articles/googlebombs.htm   (2541 words)

  
 Dirty bomb called 'all but inevitable'
Another leading anti-dirty bomb activist is Rep. Markey of Massachusetts, who frequently assails what he views as the nation's -- and in particular the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's -- sluggish pace in preparing for such a catastrophe.
When it comes to a dirty bomb attack, the nation's Achilles' heel might be its lack of insurance coverage for such a disaster.
And if a terrorist attaches ordinary chemical explosives to stolen radioactive sources, then detonates the bomb in or over a city-- spreading a "hot" plume over a huge urban area -- the consequences could be devastating.
sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/09/05/MNGJE8KA5N1.DTL   (1150 words)

  
 Capital News 9 24 Hour Local News HEADLINES Scientists search for missing H-bomb
A crippled B-47 bomber dumped the bomb into the Atlantic Ocean 46 years ago after the plane collided with a fighter jet during a training exercise.
The government believes a report of some unusual radiation readings might be coming from a hydrogen bomb that was lost near Tybee Island in 1958.
Investigators haven't said what they plan to do if the bomb is located.
www.capitalnews9.com /content/headlines?ArID=97018&SecID=33   (154 words)

  
 BOMB Magazine: Table of Contents
BOMB art editor Saul Ostrow talks with Oguibe about how his international routes lead to the same place: the unifying logic of the self.
Born in Nigeria, educated in London, residing in the United States and curating and exhibiting internationally, Olu Oguibe maintains that a lack of infrastructure has kept a term like ìglobal communityî from realizationóbut in his work as an artist, writer, theorist and curator itís as if he is realizing it singlehandedly.
In 1970, with From a Crooked Rib, Nuruddin Farah became the first Somali novelist, and with his second book, A Naked Needle, he caught the unfriendly eye of Somaliaís dictator and was exiled for more than 20 years.
www.bombsite.com /tocspr04.html   (342 words)

  
 Iraq President Says US Troops To Stay - CBS News
His comments came after a bomb attack at a minibus terminal in a southeastern Baghdad suburb killed seven people and wounded 25, one of a string of explosions in the capital and elsewhere.
Abizaid said he was "very, very pleased with the reaction of the Iraqi armed forces" during the crisis unleashed by the Feb. 22 bombing of a sacred Shiite shrine in Samarra and reprisal attacks against Sunni Muslims that pushed Iraq to the brink of civil war.
Another bombing targeted an Interior Ministry special forces patrol in the Salman Pak area, 12 miles southeast of Baghdad, killing two commandos and wounding two others, police said.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/02/24/iraq/main541815.shtml   (1241 words)

  
 atomicarchive.com: Exploring the History, Science, and Consequences of the Atomic Bomb
A comprehensive section chronicling the race for the atomic bomb, from the discovery of nuclear fission to the Trinity Test.
View a collection of historical photographs, animations and interactive models of the first atomic bombs.
atomicarchive.com: Exploring the History, Science, and Consequences of the Atomic Bomb
www.atomicarchive.com /index.shtml   (305 words)

  
 CNN.com - U.S. says bomb hit wrong house in Iraq - Jan 5, 2006
The bomb, which was dropped by a U.S. fighter plane, was aimed at a building that three men entered after planting a roadside bomb as an unmanned surveillance plane watched from overhead, the officials said.
A U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat fighter jet strafed the building before the bomb was dropped, according to a U.S. military statement released after the nighttime attack.
The bomb had "successful effects against the insurgents," the statement added.
www.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/meast/01/05/iraq.target   (314 words)

  
 BOMB Magazine
The Columbia University Libraries have acquired the editorial archives of BOMB magazine, the arts &; culture quarterly currently celebrating 25 years of legendary interviews.
BOMB Magazine announces its first ever Poetry Prize!
Julieta Campos's early novels were populated by indefinable characters, situated in an almost abstract space-time.
www.bombsite.com   (220 words)

  
 CNN.com - Investigators pick through London carnage - Jul 8, 2005
Paddick said it wasn't clear whether the bombs were on the trains or in the tunnels.
At the United Nations, the Security Council condemned the bombings in a resolution that calls on all nations "to cooperate to bring these people to justice," British U.N. Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry said.
Home Secretary Charles Clarke, the Cabinet official in charge of domestic security, told the British television network ITN that police are facing "total carnage" at the bomb scenes.
edition.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/europe/07/07/london.tube   (1108 words)

  
 I-Bomb Info
EIU has researched and constructed a fully functional I-Bomb that is the first stage in the evolution of future information warfare devices.
Electro-magnetic Information Bombs or I-Bombs built for this purpose can provide a very effective tool for conducting an information warfare campaign.
This device is only one of several such I-Bombs.
www.eiu.org /experiments/i-bomb/info.html   (445 words)

  
 USGS Photo Glossary: bomb
Volcanic bombs are lava fragments that were ejected while viscous (partially molten) and larger than 64 mm in diameter.
Volcanic bombs include breadcrust bombs, ribbon bombs, spindle bombs (with twisted ends), spheroidal bombs, and "cow-dung" bombs.
These basaltic lava bombs were erupted by Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawai`i.
volcanoes.usgs.gov /Products/Pglossary/bomb.html   (78 words)

  
 BBC NEWS World Middle East Car bomb hits Lebanon's capital
Car bombs were common during Lebanon's civil war from 1975 until the early 1990s.
A car bomb has wounded at least 11 people in a predominantly Christian suburb in the Lebanese capital Beirut.
The opposition has blamed Damascus for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in a car bomb on 14 February in Beirut.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/4363325.stm   (341 words)

  
 The American Experience Race for the Superbomb Nuclear Blast Mapper
Obviously, if a thermonuclear bomb exploded close to your home, you'd have little hope of surviving the blast.
Learn about a nuclear weapon's "zones of destruction" -- choose between a relatively small detonation at earth's surface, which will produce substantial fallout, and an especially destructive large detonation at high altitude.
But what if one exploded 5 miles away, or 20 miles away?
www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/bomb/sfeature/mapablast.html   (62 words)

  
 The Bomb - Grant Morrison's Invisibles [barbelith]
The Bomb is a readers resource for the series, and includes annotations, images, character descriptions, analysis and links.
However, there should be some access to the information inside on Ragged Robin, King Mob, Lord Fanny, Jack Frost and Boy in their 'battles' against the Archons of the Outer Church.
The Invisibles is a comic book published by DC Vertigo and written by Grant Morrison.
www.barbelith.com /bomb   (358 words)

  
 :: Tsunami Bomb ::
Tsunami Bomb will be interviewed on the station's LATV LIVE show and will also perform a few songs off of The Definitive Act.
Tsunami Bomb is happy to announce they are returning to Los Angeles on March 24th at the El Rey Theatre.
Be sure to tune in and hear all about Tsunami Bomb's latest stint on the Warped Tour, their new DVD and more.
www.tsunamibomb.com   (2368 words)

  
 High-power microwave (HPM) / E-Bomb
The Electromagnetic Bomb - a Weapon of Electrical Mass Destruction By Carlo Kopp Aerospace Power Chronicles -- This paper discusses aspects of the technology base, weapon delivery techniques and proposes a doctrinal foundation for the use of such devices in warhead and bomb applications.
Future advances may provide the compactness needed to weaponize the capability in a bomb or missile warhead.
Collateral damage from E-bombs is dependent on the size and design of the specific bomb.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/munitions/hpm.htm   (1179 words)

  
 Urban Dictionary: f bomb
Use the f bomb sparingly, or it looses it's effectiveness.
f bomb refers to the strongest weapon in one's verbal arsenal.
in a time when words like 'bitch' and 'ass' have lost their shock value in pop culture, the word 'fuck' is still like dropping a bomb in polite conversation.
www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=f+bomb&r=f   (334 words)

  
 'BOMB'
But the Bomb is real; we're stuck with it.
As Corso says, it is 'necessary to love' the Bomb.
To simply hate the A-Bomb and H-Bomb is easy.
www.litkicks.com /Texts/Bomb.html   (160 words)

  
 Popular Mechanics - E-Bombs And Terrorists: September 2001 Cover Story
It is a realistic assessment of the damage the Pentagon believes could be inflicted by a new generation of weapons--E-bombs.
The first major test of an American electromagnetic bomb is scheduled for next year.
In the blink of an eye, electromagnetic bombs could throw civilization back 200 years.
popularmechanics.com /science/military/2001/9/e-bomb   (582 words)

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