The bomb bay or weapons bay on some military aircraft is a compartment to carry bombs, usually in the aircraft's fuselage, with "bomb bay doors" which...
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Look up bomb in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A bomb is an explosive weapon that uses the exothermic reaction of an explosive material to provide an...
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A bouncing bomb is a bomb designed to bounce to a target across water in a calculated manner to avoid obstacles such as torpedo nets, and to allow both...
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Tsar Bomba (redirect from Russian monster bomb)
ˈbombə], lit. 'Tsar bomb'; code name: Ivan or Vanya), also known by the alphanumerical designation "AN602", was a thermonuclear aerial bomb, and the most powerful...
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1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash (redirect from Goldsboro nuclear bomb)
bomb bay of the aircraft, while weapon no. 1 was in the aft bomb bay. Weapon no. 1, identified as serial number 434909 (and kept in the aft bomb bay)...
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Little Boy (redirect from Hiroshima bomb)
Little Boy is the name of the type of atomic bomb used in the bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 during World War II, making it...
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carry the bomb; Avro built 32 Lancaster B.Mk 1 (Special)s with more powerful Merlin engine variants, a stronger undercarriage, without bomb bay doors and...
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Avro Lancaster (section Bombs)
commonly used bombers. A long, unobstructed bomb bay meant that the Lancaster could take the largest bombs used by the RAF, including the 4,000 lb (1,800 kg)...
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Fat Man (redirect from Nagasaki nuclear bomb)
stenciled on the bomb's nose, standing for "Joint Army-Navy-Civilian Fuckup", a play on the acronym "SNAFU". It was then wheeled to the bomb bay of the B-29...
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the bomb bay and a slot cut in the bomb doors - the bomb protruded slightly through this and, on release, simply fell out through the hole. The bomb later...
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