Time bomb

A time bomb is bomb whose detonation is triggered by the timer on it or a mechanism causing it to explode. When the timer reaches zero, the bomb will explode.

Time Bomb Media

• Strage di bologna 002.jpg

  Aftermath of the bombing at the Bologna railway station in August 1980 which killed 85 people, the deadliest event during the Years of Lead.

• Grand-Hotel-Following-Bomb-Attack-1984-10-12.jpg

  Aftermath of the Grand Hotel bombing in Brighton (1984) which was targeted at British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, the result of a time bomb which had been placed in the hotel nearly a month before it detonated. Thatcher wasn't harmed, five others were killed and 31 were injured.

• Pipe bomb 01.svg

  Diagram of a simple time bomb in the form of a pipe bomb