bomb

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The latter aircraft were, of course, military jets, the A-4 being a light-attack aircraft that, under the definitions of the time, could deliver a hydrogen bomb.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Dahlia Lithwick: Even by the low, low standards of the DOJ these days, this was quite a bomb.

From Slate • May 22, 2026

The stock market has put worries about higher oil prices behind it, but they may be a ticking time bomb waiting to derail the current rally.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Reed, who died at his home in New York Tuesday at 87, was a provocateur, a bomb thrower.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Andrei Sakharov, father of the Soviet Union’s hydrogen bomb and designer of the largest explosive ever detonated on earth, did his part to save the world, too.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin