Some articles on bomb, bombs, bomb explodes, car bomb explodes, car bomb:
... The Mark 84 or BLU-117 is an American general-purpose bomb, it is also the largest of the Mark 80 series of weapons ... Entering service during the Vietnam War, it became a commonly used US heavy unguided bomb (due to the amount of High-explosive content packed inside) to be dropped, second only to the 15,000 ...
... February 8 Two backpack bombs each loaded with 15 kg of explosive go off in front of a couthouse in Bergara, Gipuzkoa ... February 23 Following a warning call the a 8 kg bomb explodes in a TV transmitter station on the outskirts of Bilbao ... Another bomb was hidden in the area, targeted at policemen ...
... science, the point of detonation of a bomb is referred to as its blast seat, seat of explosion, blast hole or epicenter ...
... December 8, 1990 A car bomb explodes in the town of Sabadell (Barcelona) killing 6 Policía Nacional officers and injuring 10 people, including two other police officers ... The officers died when a car bomb went off at the passing of the officer's van ... May 29, 1991 A car bomb loaded with 70 kg of explosives is detonated inside the Civil Guard's Casa Cuartel in Vic (Barcelona), which was located next to a school ...
... To combat this, the standard Mk-82 General Purpose bomb can be fitted with a special high-drag tail fin unit ... has 4 folded fins which spring open into a cruciform shape when the bomb is released ... The fins increase the drag of the bomb, slowing its forward progress and allowing the delivery aircraft to safely pass over the target before the bomb explodes ...
Famous quotes containing the words bomb explodes, explodes, car and/or bomb:
“[A] Dada exhibition. Another one! What’s the matter with everyone wanting to make a museum piece out of Dada? Dada was a bomb ... can you imagine anyone, around half a century after a bomb explodes, wanting to collect the pieces, sticking it together and displaying it?”
—Max Ernst (1891–1976)
“Comedy defends the commonplace; tragedy explodes it.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“The car as we know it is on the way out. To a large extent, I deplore its passing, for as a basically old- fashioned machine, it enshrines a basically old-fashioned idea: freedom. In terms of pollution, noise and human life, the price of that freedom may be high, but perhaps the car, by the very muddle and confusion it causes, may be holding back the remorseless spread of the regimented, electronic society.”
—J.G. (James Graham)
“Lincoln said, “With malice toward none and with charity to all.” Nowadays they say, “Think the way I do or I’ll bomb the daylights out of you.””
—Robert Riskin (1897–1955)