This is a list of the types of bombs.
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! Date created
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|Barrel bomb
| Improvised unguided aerial bomb made from a barrel or barrel-shaped container filled with explosives. They can sometimes be filled with chemicals, shrapnel and oil.
|1948
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|Israel
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| Blockbuster bomb
| "High capacity" bomb for maximum blast effect, only used during World War II.
| April 1941
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| United Kingdom
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|Bouncing bomb
|Skips across water; designed to attack German dams in World War II.
|April 1942
|Barnes Wallis
|United Kingdom
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|Bunker buster
|A bunker buster is used to penetrate targets that are either deep underground or protected by hard surfaces. The first type of these was the Röchling shell.
|1942
|August Coenders
|Germany
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|C4
|A part of the Composition C family, a family of plastic explosives.
|1956
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|Car bomb
|A vehicle is packed with explosives and detonated.
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|Cluster bomb
|Over a hundred nations outlaw them now. The first one was Butterfly Bomb.
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|Germany
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|General-purpose bomb
|These bombs use thick metal as walls containing explosives such as Composition B or Tritonal.
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|Glide bomb
|A standoff weapon with flight control surfaces, aerodynamic devices that allow for control by the pilot.
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|Guided bomb
|Also known as "guided bomb unit" or the "smart bomb", these missiles carry a guidance system which is controlled and monitored from an external device.
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|Improvised explosive device
|An explosive that is not manufactured conventionally. They are sometimes termed as "homemade".
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|Land mine
|Explodes when pressure is applied to the bomb. Outlawed in 164 nations.
|1832
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|Ming Dynasty
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|Laser guided bomb
|Uses a laser as guidance to increase the accuracy of hitting its target.
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|United States
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|Molotov cocktail
|Improvised incendiary grenade often made in a beer bottle.
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|Nail bomb
|An explosive packed with nails which upon ignition, acts like shrapnel.
|1970
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|- United States
|Pipe bomb
|An improvised explosive using a firmly sealed pipe filled with an explosive material.
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|Pressure cooker bomb
|The pressure of the pressure cooker places high explosive power.
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|Smoke bomb
|A firework that is designed to produce a large amount of smoke upon being ignited.
|1848
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|United Kingdom
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|Stink bomb
| Stink bombs range in effectiveness from simple pranks to military grade or riot control chemical agents.
|1943
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|Suicide vest or suicide bomber
|An explosive on either a vest or a belt that is worn by its respective detonator.
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|China
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|Suitcase bomb
|Nuclear bomb designed to fit inside a suitcase.
|1950s
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|Thermometric bomb
|Also called a vacuum bomb, or aerosol bomb, this explosive disperses a cloud of gas or liquid.
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|Time bomb
|A bomb that is triggered by the timer.
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|Trinitrotoluene
|Commonly known as TNT.
|1863
|Julius Wilbrand
|Germany
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|Unguided bomb
|An air-craft dropped bomb that lacks a guidance system.
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|MOAB
|Massive Ordnance Air Burst. Colloquially known as the Mother of All Bombs.
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|United States
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|FOAB
|Father of All Bombs.
|2007
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|Russia
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|Electromagnetic bomb
|Releases a burst of electromagnetic energy.
|1962
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|Napalm bomb
|Contains an incendiary mixture used to cause a fire.
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|Dirty bomb
|Scatters radioactive material.
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|Nuclear bomb
|An explosive whose destructiveness is a result of nuclear reactions.
|1945
|J. Robert Oppenheimer and Gen. Leslie Groves
|United States
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|Tsar Bomba
|A thermonuclear aerial bomb which was the most powerful bomb created and tested in history.
|October 1961
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|Soviet Union
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|Cobalt bomb
|A nuclear bomb designed to spread as much radiation around as possible.
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|Hydrogen bomb
|Second-generation nuclear weapon design using non-fissile depleted uranium to create a nuclear fusion reaction.
|1952
|Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam
|United States
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|Neutron bomb
|A nuclear weapon designed to destroy with lethal radiation while not damaging structures.
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|BLU-82
|Used for creating clearings in forested areas.
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