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Term Paper Title	A Bomb Is A Container Filled With An
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Bombs

A bomb is a container filled with an
explosive, incendiary matter, or gas that can be
dropped, hurled, or set in place to be detonated
by an attached exploding device. It may range in
design from a homemade device used by
terrorists, assassins, or clandestine raiders to a
sophisticated weapon of war. The original bomb,
an ancestor of the hand-thrown GRENADE, was
a simple container filled with black powder (see
GUNPOWDER), which was set off by a fuse lit
by the thrower. In the 16th century, the Dutch
invented a more sophisticated version, the
MORTAR bomb, a round iron container filled
with black powder that was set off when a fuse
was ignited by the detonation of a propelling
charge in the base of the mortar tube. By varying
the length of the fuse, the bomb's time of
detonation could be adjusted; thus, a bomb could
burst in air. These bombs were predecessors of
the ARTILLERY shell fired from a field gun with
rifled bore. In the 20th century the aerial bomb
became the most important adaptation of the
weapon. Its construction is similar to that of the
artillery shell. The conventional aerial bomb
consists of an explosive or chemical agent in a
container, one or several fuse-and-igniter
mechanisms, and external fins for directional
stability. Bombs dropped from high-performance
aircraft have an advanced aerodynamic shape.
The ultimate category of bomb is that utilizing
nuclear material as the explosive ingredients--the
ATOMIC BOMB, HYDROGEN BOMB, and
the NEUTRON BOMB. 20th-Century Military
Use The advent of the airplane in warfare led to
the development of new types of bombs. The first
massive aerial bombing took place in 1915 when
German zeppelins carrying more than two tons of
bombs began dropping "terror from the skies" on
the British Isles. In the early stages of World War
I, airplane pilots had their hands full just flying, and
bombing was relegated to observers who merely
tossed small bombs over the side. Aircraft
engineering advanced, however, so that by 1918
multiengine bombers had become a reality and
450-kg (1,000-lb) bombs were in production.
The next major step in the development of aerial
bombing took place on July 21, 1921. Gen. Billy
MITCHELL, a champion of military airpower,
was finally allowed to test his theory that aircraft
carrying bombs could sink major naval units, a
theory that naval officials had considered
ridiculous. On that date, in the first of three such
demonstrations, the captured German
dreadnought Ostfriesland was sunk i...

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