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chemical bomb - a bomb laden with chemical agents that are released when the bomb explodes

bomb - an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions

chemical weapon - chemical substances that can be delivered using munitions and dispersal devices to cause death or severe harm to people and animals and plants

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Mine detection, unexploded ordnance detonation, chemical neutralisation, chemical bomb disposal and anti-tank combat were practised, as well as hostage rescue and other humanitarian activities.

Cambodia to hold larger military drills with Chinese army

This became significant when Porton Down boss Gary Aitkenhead dropped a chemical bomb by saying he wasn't sure the nerve agent used on Sergei and Yulia Skripal came from Russia.

Cracking the whip

The insiders note that no evidence has been produced to demonstrate convincingly that Syrian forces dropped a chemical bomb on a civilian area.

Deepbackground

Rumours quickly started circulating of a possible Ebola scare or chemical bomb threat but police reassured locals that was not the case.

ANTHRAX TERROR; SCARE 999 CREWS RUSH TO SCENE Caller claimed he had deadly disease

If they hear an aeroplane go overhead they are terrified." Even Samer admits he cannot stop shaking since the night the chemical bomb dropped.

Poison bombs were dropping down on us, like white cotton falling.. we ran for our lives; CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Homemade chemical bomb events and resulting injuries--selected states, January 1996-March 2003.

Homemade chemical bomb incidents--15 states, 2003-2011

Theoretically, it could also use the air force to deliver a chemical bomb on target.

Threat of chemical weapon use in Syrian conflict

The demo was carried out in a simulated scenario of a chemical bomb blast at a sports complex and an elaborate response by the Indian team to search and rescue people trapped under the rubble or in the parking lot etc.

NDRF, Army joint team for international chemical warfare exercise in Tunisia

Serious work on the bomb began in 1937, and the 100-pound M47 chemical bomb was adopted in 1940.

Dragons in flight: the common CBRN lineage of the Army and Air Force

Two days after the report's release, a second improvised chemical bomb detonated south of Baghdad killing two more civilians and injuring another 60.

Chem-bio readiness doubtful at home and away, says GAO

The deck also held no qualifier: "For the third time in a month, insurgents used a chemical bomb combining explosives with poisonous chlorine gas."

'NYT' Declares Iraqi Insurgents Using 'Chemical Bombs'-- Then Tones It Down Quite a Bit