An air bomb, often referred to as an aerial bomb, is an explosive weapon designed to be dropped from aircraft onto a target. These bombs come in various types, including conventional high-explosive, cluster munitions, and precision-guided bombs. Their primary purpose is to inflict damage on land or sea targets, and they can vary in size and destructive capability depending on their design and intended use.
The bomb dropped Hiroshima detonated in mid air above a bank in central Hiroshima.
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Those were the one that were in the ground zero area. The bomb detonated 2,000 feet in the air above them.
No , both the Enola Gay and the Bockscar B-29 bombers departed from the Northfield , Tinian island airstrip to bomb Hiroshima first and Nagasaki second .
the South Vietnamese Air Force, in cooperation with the U.S. military
A bomb that splits a hydrogen atom, which literally explodes the air.
To stabalize the bomb in the air and to guide the bomb to the target.
An air burst is the explosion of an air bomb in the air rather than on the ground.
An air burst is the explosion of an air bomb in the air rather than on the ground.
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The 2d Bomb Wing (also called the 2BW), which is the oldest Bomb Wing in the U.S. Airforce, is the host unit at the Barksdale Air Force Base. The other units are: 2d Operations Group, 11th Bomb Squadron, 20th Bomb Squadron, and the 96th Bomb Squadron.
to gain Air Superiority.
The bomb dropped Hiroshima detonated in mid air above a bank in central Hiroshima.
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The atom bomb is a bomb filled with uranium and/or plutonium and when dropped, explodes in mid-air to cause more damage. Anyone caught in the explosion would incinerated instantly.
AIR RAID - This was when soliders saw enemy planes coming over to their country and they would sound an alarm and civilians had to go into anderson shelters or even in th London underground.ATOMIC BOMB - This was after the Pearl Harbour bombing and the Americans decided to wipe out a whole city using a really powerful bomb. An atomic bomb is the same as a nuclear bomb.
Both weapons were air bursts.