A bomb is an explosive weapon that uses the exothermic reaction of an explosive material to provide an extremely sudden and violent release of energy.
A bomb is a device carrying an explosive charge that is fused to detonate under certain conditions (as upon impact) and that is either dropped (as from an airplane) or set into position at a given point.
The term "bomb" is not usually applied to explosive devices used for civilian purposes such as construction or mining, although people using such a device may sometimes call it a bomb. Military use of the term "aerial bomb" typically refers to an airdropped, unpowered explosive weapon.
The atomic bomb and nuclear bombs are powerful weapons that use nuclear reactions as their source of explosive energy. Scientists first developed nuclear weapons technology during World War II.
A 13-year-old student at Long Lake Central School faces charges after a hoax bomb threat involving a modified calculator led to a full school evacuation and K-9 sweep.
Emitting as much energy as 21,000 tons of TNT and creating a fireball that measured roughly 2,000 feet in diameter, the first successful test of an atomic bomb, known as the Trinity Test, forever changed the history of the world.
Bombs come in many different shapes and sizes, from small like a grenade to huge like a thermonuclear warhead. Check out what the inside of a bomb looks like.
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An anonymous bomb threat email sent to Mantralaya triggered a police search and heightened security in Mumbai. Separately, a passenger joking about a bomb during a security check at Kolkata Airport was detained, causing a brief scare.