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  2. Dirty bomb - Wikipedia

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    A dirty bomb or radiological dispersal device is a radiological weapon that combines radioactive material with conventional explosives. The purpose of the weapon is to contaminate the area around the dispersal agent/conventional explosion with radioactive material, serving primarily as an area denial device against civilians. [1][2][3] It is ...

  3. List of bombs - Wikipedia

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    Car bomb: A vehicle is packed with explosives and detonated. Cluster bomb: Over a hundred nations outlaw them now. The first one was Butterfly Bomb: Germany: General-purpose bomb: Glide bomb: Guided bomb: Improvised explosive device: Land mine: Explodes when pressure is applied to the bomb. Outlawed in 164 nations. 1832 Ming Dynasty: Laser ...

  4. Improvised explosive device - Wikipedia

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    Terrorism. An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. It may be constructed of conventional military explosives, such as an artillery shell, attached to a detonating mechanism. IEDs are commonly used as roadside bombs, or homemade bombs.

  5. Dirty Bomb (video game) - Wikipedia

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    Dirty Bomb, formerly known as Extraction, is a free to play first-person shooter multiplayer video game. It was developed by Splash Damage and initially published by Nexon America for Microsoft Windows, and open beta version was released in June 2015. [3] As of February 2017, Warchest, an in-house publishing arm of Splash Damage has taken over ...

  6. Nevada Test Site - Wikipedia

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    The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2[1] or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, [2] is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion of Nye County, Nevada, about 65 mi (105 km) northwest of the city of Las Vegas. Formerly known as the Nevada Proving Grounds of the United ...

  7. Splash Damage - Wikipedia

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    Dirty Bomb was released on 1 June 2015, entering its open beta phase after two years in closed beta. [14] The free-to-play multiplayer first person shooter title launched on PC with 12 playable mercenaries and two game modes, with more mercenaries, modes and events added over the game’s lifespan.

  8. 2004 financial buildings plot - Wikipedia

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    The 2004 financial buildings plot was a plan led by Dhiren Barot to attack a number of targets in the U.S. and the United Kingdom which is believed to have been approved by al-Qaeda. The evidence against the plotters consisted of home videos, written notes, and files on computers. At the time of the arrests the group had no funding, vehicles ...

  9. Right at Your Door - Wikipedia

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    Right at Your Door. Right at Your Door is a 2006 American thriller film about a couple and follows the events surrounding them when multiple dirty bombs detonate in Los Angeles. Chris Gorak both wrote the screenplay and directed the film in his writing and directorial debuts. It was first screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2006 ...