Bomb disposal
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Bomb disposal is an explosives engineering profession using the process by which hazardous explosive devices are disabled or otherwise rendered safe. Bomb disposal is an all-encompassing term to descr
Pittsburgh Police using a bomb disposal robot to examine a potential bomb during the 2010 Pittsburgh Marathon
A British NCO preparing to dispose of an unexploded bomb during the First World War
A bomb disposal team in 1940
"The long walk": A British Army ATO approaches a suspect device in Northern Ireland.
Bomb suit
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A bomb suit, explosive ordnance disposal suit or a blast suit is a heavy suit of body armor designed to withstand the pressure generated by a bomb and any fragments the bomb may produce. It is usually
Bomb disposal
…still circumstances when a robot won't do and technicians must put themself at risk by personally going near the bomb. Technicians will don specialized protective suits, using flame and fragmentation-resistant material similar to bulletproof vests. Some suits have advanced features such as internal cooling, amplified…
An EOD technician wearing a bomb suit
An unprotected bomb disposal party working on an enemy weapon dropped near Algiers, November 1942
A bomb suit with self-contained breathing apparatus
An Advanced Bomb Suit worn by an EOD officer in the 31st Civil Engineer Squadron of the United States Air Force