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  2. Improvised explosive device - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Pressure cooker bomb - Wikipedia

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    Pressure cooker fragment believed by the FBI to be part of one of the explosive devices used in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. A pressure cooker bomb is an improvised explosive device (IED) created by inserting explosive material into a pressure cooker and attaching a blasting cap into the cover of the cooker.

  4. Bomb-making instructions on the Internet - Wikipedia

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    Supporters of digital rights argue that managers of Internet traffic do not have a right to deep package inspection, the automated system of analyzing what information is being transmitted, for example refusing to deliver a packet with the words "bomb instructions" and alerting authorities to the internet service provider ISP that requested the information. [3]

  5. Pipe bomb - Wikipedia

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    A pipe bomb is an improvised explosive device (IED) that uses a tightly sealed section of pipe filled with an explosive material. The containment provided by the pipe means that simple low explosives can be used to produce a relatively large explosion due to the containment causing increased pressure.

  6. TM 31-210 Improvised Munitions Handbook - Wikipedia

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    The TM 31-210 manual appeared as an "Easter egg" in the 1995 CGI animated film, Toy Story.In the scene where Woody is trapped under a blue plastic box in Sid's bedroom, it's possible to see behind him a document titled "TM 31-210 Improvised Interrogation Handbook", a clear reference to the actual document.

  7. DEI is like a woke IED for the left’s war against our ... - AOL

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    The sooner the DEI/IED mine-clearing teams do their work, the safer we will all be. Click Here To Read More From Grant Newsham Original article source: DEI is like a woke IED for the left’s war ...

  8. Improvised weapon - Wikipedia

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    A pipe bomb is an IED that uses a tightly sealed section of pipe filled with an explosive material. A barrel bomb is an unguided IED made to be dropped from helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. A lob bomb is a rocket-fired IED. Barrack busters were improvised mortars used by the Provisional Irish Republican Army during The Troubles.

  9. 50 pounds of 'improvised' explosives found at 'bomb-making ...

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    A 28-year-old man was arrested and charged after authorities discovered "improvised explosive devices in a makeshift laboratory" at his Philadelphia home, officials announced on Wednesday.