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time bomb
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{{Short description|Explosive device whose detonation is triggered by a timer}}{{Other uses}}File:Strage di bologna 002.jpg|thumb|400x400px|Aftermath of the bombing at the Bologna railway station in August 1980 which killed 85 people, the deadliest event during the Years of Lead.]]File:Grand-Hotel-Following-Bomb-Attack-1984-10-12.jpg|thumb|300px|Aftermath of the Grand Hotel bombing in Brighton (1984) which was targeted at British Prime Minister Margaret ThatcherMargaret ThatcherA 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 of urgency.- the content below is remote from Wikipedia
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File:Pipe bomb 01.svg|thumb|right|Diagram of a simple time bomb in the form of a pipe bombpipe bombThe explosive charge is the main component of any bomb, and makes up most of the size and weight of it. It is the damaging element of the bomb (along with any fragments or shrapnel the explosion might produce with its container or neighboring objects). The explosive charge is detonated by a detonator.A time bomb's timing mechanism may be professionally manufactured either separately or as part of the device, or it may be improvised from an ordinary household timer such as a wind-up alarm clock, wrist watch, digital kitchen timer, or notebook computer. The timer can be programmed to count up or count down (usually the latter; as the bomb detonates when the time runs out).Types
Types of time bombs include:- Delay-action bomb (bombs dropped by aircraft with a delay to increase damage/disruption)
- Improvised explosive device ("home-made" bombs with a delay to allow the person placing the bomb to escape)
- Limpet mine (attached to enemy ships by naval divers)
Turtle (submersible)#Attack on Eagle>Turtle submarine attack on the Eagle| New York Harbor, United States| Ezra Lee and David Bushnell| 0| 0| David Bushnell designed the Turtle submarine using a clockwork time bomb crafted by Isaac Doolittle that would attach to the hull of the British ship the Eagle using a screw, but the screw failed to penetrate the hull. The time bomb was released and eventually exploded causing great noise but no harm to the British. |
City Point, Virginia#Confederate sabotage>Confederate sabotage of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's headquarters| City Point, Virginia, US| John Maxwell of the Confederate Secret Service| 43 to 300| 125 | TITLE=THE CONFEDERATE TORPEDO | ACCESS-DATE=1 SEPTEMBER 2015 | AGENCY=NEW YORK TIMES, August 15, 2014, |
Attack on the Mosel (ship)) | Bremerhaven, Germany | Alexander Keith, Jr. | 80 or 83| 200 | Bomb set for insurance fraud purposes; detonated prematurely |
Eric Muenter>Muenter attack spree | Washington, D.C., New York City | German nationalist Eric Muenter | 0 | 1| Set time bombs in United States Capitol, SS Minnehaha, and shot J. P. Morgan, Jr. against selling arms to Germany's enemies |
Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area>Cap Tourmente, Canada| Albert Guay| 23| 0 | Uxoricide>Murder; insurance fraud |
Matricide>Murder; insurance fraud |
Algerian War, September 30, 1956GANNON | TITLE=MILITARY OCCUPATIONS IN THE AGE OF SELF-DETERMINATION: THE HISTORY NEOCONS NEGLECTED | PUBLISHER=PRAEGER SECURITY INTERNATIONAL | ISBN=978-0-313-35382-6 | URL=HTTP://IR.NMU.ORG.UA/BITSTREAM/HANDLE/123456789/134069/8B5E07EFCCE5D46A41DDE1A7BC08DFCD.PDF?SEQUENCE=1 | ARCHIVE-DATE=21 FEBRUARY 2015 | URL-STATUS=DEAD, Part of the so-called Café Wars |
Timeline of the Front de libération du Québec>FLQ bombings| Canada| Front de libération du Québec| None| 1 (Army officer Walter Leja)| Series of politically motivated bombings (timed and non-timed devices) and other activities |
List of Weatherman actions>Weatherman bombings| United States| Weather Underground| 1 unconfirmed; 3 bombers (premature)| 3 confirmed; 1 unconfirmed| Series of politically motivated bombings (timed and non-timed devices) and other activities including jailbreaks and riots |
1972 Aldershot bombing>Aldershot bombing | Aldershot, United Kingdom | Official Irish Republican Army>Official IRA | 7| 18| A 280 lb time bomb in a car |
car bombs Part of anti-Irish Nationalism campaign. Biggest loss of life from an attack during the Northern Ireland the Troubles>Troubles. |
Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior>Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior| Auckland, New Zealand | Directorate-General for External Security>DGSE | 1| 0| Two limpet mines, set to detonate 10 minutes apart |
Babbar Khalsa Khalistan movement>Khalistan separatists| 331| 4| Bombing of two 747 flights with alarm clock and dynamite hidden in radio tuner |
1993 World Trade Center bombing>World Trade Center bombing | New York City, US| Ramzi Yousef| 6| 1,042| Truck bomb used 20 ft fuse for twelve-minute delay, intended to collapse both towers. |
DATE=APRIL 14, 2009, |
Ibn al-Khattab>Khattab (suspected)| 293 | 651 | PUBLISHER=NATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR THE STUDY OF TERRORISM AND RESPONSES TO TERRORISM | > ACCESS-DATE = 13 APRIL 2020, INCIDENT SUMMARY FOR GDT ID: 199909090002>URL=HTTPS://WWW.START.UMD.EDU/GTD/SEARCH/INCIDENTSUMMARY.ASPX?GTDID=199909090002 | NATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR THE STUDY OF TERRORISM AND RESPONSES TO TERRORISM>START | PUBLISHER=NATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR THE STUDY OF TERRORISM AND RESPONSES TO TERRORISM | > ACCESS-DATE = 13 APRIL 2020, INCIDENT SUMMARY FOR GDT ID: 199909160002>URL=HTTPS://WWW.START.UMD.EDU/GTD/SEARCH/INCIDENTSUMMARY.ASPX?GTDID=199909160002 | NATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR THE STUDY OF TERRORISM AND RESPONSES TO TERRORISM>START, 13 April 2020, |
2006 Moscow market bombing>Moscow market bombing | Moscow, Russia| Racialist organization| 13| 46| Racially motivated attack |
See also
- Fuse (explosives)
- Ticking time bomb scenario (hypothetical justification of torture)
- Software time bomb
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