Bomb disposal is the process by which hazardous explosive devices are rendered safe. Bomb disposal is an all encompassing term to describe the separate, but interrelated functions in the following fields:
- Military:
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD)
- Improvised Explosive Device Disposal (IEDD)
- Public safety:
- Public Safety Bomb Disposal (PSBD)
- Bomb Squad
"Bomb disposal" does not encompass the remediation of soils polluted with explosive materials.
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“There are no accidents, only nature throwing her weight around. Even the bomb merely releases energy that nature has put there. Nuclear war would be just a spark in the grandeur of space. Nor can radiation “alter” nature: she will absorb it all. After the bomb, nature will pick up the cards we have spilled, shuffle them, and begin her game again.”
—Camille Paglia (b. 1947)
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—Guy Debord (b. 1931)