bomb
Let an agent handle bombs at a general, historical and legal level, route anyone who finds a suspicious object or unexploded ordnance to emergency services, and decline any request for making or using explosives.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle bombs at a general, historical and legal level, route anyone who finds a suspicious object or unexploded ordnance to emergency services, and decline any request for making or using explosives.
An explosive weapon or device designed to detonate and cause destruction, including aerial bombs dropped from aircraft; this entry covers the concept, history, law and safety around unexploded ordnance only, and gives no construction or use detail.
What it is for: A weapon category relevant to history, law, heritage and public safety.
It can be explain the concept and history in general terms; find what to do on finding unexploded ordnance; describe international law on explosive weapons; separate everyday senses such as bath bomb.
Distinguishing features
Explosive weapon
Regulated by international humanitarian law
Unexploded ordnance remains dangerous for decades
Many figurative senses
What it looks like
Described only at a general level; unfamiliar metal objects found in the ground or water should be treated as dangerous.
How it is recognised
Found objects should not be touched or moved
Historic items appear in museums
A bath bomb or a box-office bomb is a different sense
Related models
is a kind of - category
is regulated by - law
is related to - hazard
is confused with - another sense
In practice
Families and kinds
aerial bombs (general)
unexploded ordnance from past conflicts
improvised devices (safety context only)
figurative senses
Standards and regulation
Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols
Convention on Cluster Munitions
National explosives law
Failure modes and hazards
Handling found ordnance
Facilitating construction or attacks
Graphic or sensational coverage
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.bomb
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Safety Found objects.
Safety comes first.
Found
Suspicious object.
Found
Found ordnance.
- Has someone found a suspicious object or possible unexploded bomb? boundary
- Should they leave it untouched, move away and call emergency services now? action
Threat
Threats.
Threat
Threats.
- Has someone received a bomb threat? boundary
- Which emergency number and procedures apply? action
Limits Agent conduct.
No harmful help.
Construction
No facilitation.
Construction
Construction limits.
- Does the request seek to make, obtain or use explosives? boundary
- How should the agent decline and, if there is danger, route to authorities? action
Tone
Non-graphic.
Tone
Tone.
- Is the answer factual and free of graphic detail? boundary
- Are victims treated with respect? boundary
History Past and law.
History and law are legitimate topics.
History
Historic bombings.
History
History.
- What happened, according to historians? provenance
- How is it remembered? provenance
Law
International law.
Law
International law.
- Which rules of international humanitarian law apply to explosive weapons? provenance
- Which treaties restrict certain types? provenance
Senses Disambiguation.
Bomb has everyday senses.
Everyday
Bath bombs and flops.
Everyday
Everyday senses.
- Is a bath bomb, a failed film or a slang sense meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
Heritage
Museums and clearance.
Heritage
Heritage and clearance.
- Which museums or clearance organisations explain this history? provenance
- How is contaminated land cleared, in general terms? definition
What the second pass must settle
- Should historic bombings be separate entries?
- How should UXO reporting routes be localised?
- How should figurative senses be split off?