Photoflash bomb
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photoflash-bomb-186-10927801
title:
Photoflash bomb
text:
A photoflash bomb, or flash bomb, is explosive ordnance dropped by aircraft, usually military surveillance aircraft, designed to detonate above ground to create an extremely bright flash of light. These bombs, which are capable of producing light at an intensity of up to hundreds of millions of candlepower, assist surveillance aircraft in taking nighttime aerial photos without the need to fly low to the ground which would make them vulnerable to possible enemy detection. Due to the advent of bet
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Obsolete form of explosive illumination for nocturnal battlefield photography
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoflash_bomb
date created:
2013-11-07T16:23:21Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T03:09:19Z
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