Time bomb - Jigenbakudan (English spelling) time bomb

Japanese: 時限爆弾 - じげんばくだん(英語表記)time bomb
Time bomb - Jigenbakudan (English spelling) time bomb

A bomb with a mechanism that explodes a certain time after activation. In addition to those dropped from aircraft, some are transported by vehicles or personnel, and are used for military purposes as well as guerrilla, terrorist, sabotage, and criminal purposes. A clock-activated fuse is often used for the detonation device, but the delayed fuses of dropped bombs use chemical methods, such as the time it takes for resin to dissolve in acetone, to avoid the effects of impact, and the burning time of gunpowder may be used for very short delays. Time bombs are intended to make the timing of the explosion irregular, making recovery and unexploded ordnance removal difficult, causing anxiety and confusion, and to allow time for evacuation or to make it unclear who set the bomb.

[Kenichi Aoki]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

起動してから一定時間後に爆発する機構をもつ爆弾。航空機などから投下するもののほか、車両、人員などで運搬して仕掛けるものもあり、軍用のほか、ゲリラ、テロ、破壊活動、犯罪にも使われる。発火(起爆)装置には、時計作動式の信管が使われることが多いが、投下爆弾の遅延信管は衝撃による影響を避けて、樹脂がアセトンに溶ける時間を利用するなど化学法を用い、ごく短時間の遅延には、火薬の燃焼時間を使うこともある。時限爆弾は、爆発の時期を不整にして、復旧や不発弾除去の作業を困難にし、不安と混乱を与えることと、待避時間を得たり、だれが仕掛けたかわからなくすることを目的とする。

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