The nail bomb is an anti-personnel explosive device packed with nails to increase its wounding ability. An anti-personnel Weapon is one primarily used to injure or kill people. A bomb is any of a range of devices that typically rely on the Exothermic Chemical reaction of an Explosive material to produce an extremely In Engineering, Woodworking and Construction, a nail is a pin -shaped sharp object of hard Metal, typically Steel, The nails act as shrapnel, leading almost certainly to greater loss of life and injury in inhabited areas than the explosives alone would. Shrapnel is the term originally applied to an anti-personnel artillery shell which carried a large number of individual bullets to the target and then ejected them forwards relying An explosive material is a material that either is chemically or otherwise Energetically unstable or produces a sudden expansion of the material usually accompanied The nail bomb is also a type of flechette weapon. The French word fléchette means "little arrow" or Dart projectile of steel that is sharp and pointed with a vaned tail for stable flight Such weapons use bits of shrapnel (ball bearings, nail heads, broken razors, darts and bits of metal) to produce a large radius of destruction. A weapon is a Tool used either in Hunting, or attack or defence in Combat for the purpose of subduing enemy personnel or to destroy enemy weapons Shrapnel is the term originally applied to an anti-personnel artillery shell which carried a large number of individual bullets to the target and then ejected them forwards relying A ball bearing is an engineering term referring to a type of Rolling-element bearing which uses Balls to maintain the separation between the moving parts A razor is a Bladed Tool primarily used in the Shaving off of unwanted Body hair. Darts refers to a variety of related games in which darts are thrown at a circular target (dartboard hung on a wall

Nail bombs are often used by terrorists, in particular by suicide bombers, since they cause large numbers of casualties when detonated in crowded places. Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion This article is about suicide attacks for political and/or military reasons Nail bombs can be detected via electromagnetic sensors and standard metal detectors. Electromagnetism is the Physics of the Electromagnetic field: a field which exerts a Force on particles that possess the property of

Nail-bombing incidents

On March 6, 1970, in the Greenwich Village townhouse explosion, three members of the Weather Underground were killed in the accidental explosion of a nail bomb intended to be set off at a non-commissioned officers dance at the Fort Dix, New Jersey Army base. Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Greenwich Village townhouse explosion was the premature detonation of a bomb as it was being assembled by members of the American "urban guerilla" organization Weatherman, known colloquially as the Weathermen and later the Weather Underground Organization, was an American Radical left organization Fort Dix is a United States Army installation located in parts of New Hanover Township, Pemberton New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. ^[1]

A number of nail-bombings occurred in 1999 when the Neo-Nazi David Copeland planted several devices in London targeted against ethnic minorities and homosexuals. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The term neo-Nazism refers to post- World War II Political movements Social movements and ideologies seeking to revive Nazism, David John Copeland (born May 15 1976) is a former member of the British neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement, who became known as the "London nailbomber" London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation. ^[2]

On 31 December 2005, an Indonesian marketplace was nail-bombed, and a second undetonated bomb was found nearby. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. At 705am December 31, 2005, a Nail bomb detonated outside a Palu market stall selling pork at a marketplace in Indonesia 's Central Sulawesi

On 29 June 2007, a nail bomb that was assumed to be a part of a terror plot was discovered in a Mercedes car and was consequently defused by police in the West End of London. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of luxury Automobiles Buses coaches and Trucks It is currently a division of the The West End of London is an area of Central London, England, containing many of the city's major tourist attractions businesses headquarters and the commercial There was a second car bomb, further down the street that was apparently scheduled to detonate as evacuees and survivors fled down the street, to a nearby tube station. It is probable this bomb was also a nail/shrapnel device.

On 21 December 2007, a nail bomb was detonated in Sherpao, Pakistan by a suicide bomber. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Sherpao is a small town located in Charsadda District in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and Detonation occurred inside a tightly packed mosque, filled with holiday worshippers. A "mosque" in English refers to all types of buildings dedicated for Islamic worship although there is a distinction in Arabic between the smaller privately owned mosque and the larger At least 50 people were killed, with over 100 injured.

On 22nd May 2008 a nail bomb explosive was detonated in the toilets of Giraffe cafe in Exeters Shopping Centre, Princesshay in Devon. The homemade bomb exploded in the attacker's face as he was trying to ready it in the cafe toilet. Police then found another nail bomb inside the cafe after everybody had been evacuated.

See also

• Explosive belt

References

1. ^ Robinson, Douglas. An explosive belt (also called suicide belt, Bomberpilot Jacket, suicide vest or shaheed belt) is "Miss Wilkerson's Parents Make Plea For Her to Clarify Toll in Bombing", The New York Times, 1970-03-12. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Retrieved on 2007-12-05. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations.  "The parents of a 25-year-old woman missing from a demolished Greenwich Village home where the police said a militant left-wing group was fashioning bombs made an impassioned plea to their daughter yesterday to disclose how many people were in the building at the time of the blast. " 
2. ^ "David Copeland: a quiet introvert, obsessed with Hitler and bombs" by Nick Hopkins and Sarah Hall, The Guardian, June 30, 2000