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general-purpose bomb incendiary bomb fuel-air explosive bomb armor-piercing bomb fragmentation bomb demolition bomb dambuster cluster bomb Molotov cocktail improvised explosive device chemical weapon biological weapon weapon of mass destruction antitank weapon weapons system

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Yuly Borisovich Khariton

Russian physicist

Sir Barnes Wallis

British military engineer