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Suicide-bomber
A suicide attack is any violent attack, usually entailing the attacker detonating an explosive, where the attacker has accepted their own death as a direct result of the attacking method used. Suicide attacks have occurred throughout history, often as part of a military campaign (as with the Japanese ''kamikaze'' pilots of 1944–1945 during World War II), and more recently as part of terrorist campaigns (such as the September 11 attacks in 2001). While few, if any, successful suicide attacks took place anywhere in the world from 1945 until 1980, between 1981 and September 2015 a total of 4,814 suicide attacks occurred in over 40 countries, killing over 45,000 people. During this time the global rate of such attacks grew from an average of three a year in the 1980s to about one a month in the 1990s to almost one a week from 2001 to 2003 to approximately one a day from 2003 to 2015. Suicide attacks tend to be more deadly and destructive than other terror attacks because th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) Afire After Being Hit By Kamikazes Off Okinawa, 11 May 1945 (80-G-274266)
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named ''Bunker Hill'', in remembrance of the Battle of Bunker Hill during the American Revolutionary War: * , was an ''Essex''-class aircraft carrier that fought heavily in the Pacific during World War II * , is a guided missile cruiser commissioned in 1986 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Merchant vessels * SS ''Bunker Hill'', was acquired by the United States Navy in 1917 and commissioned as . * SS ''Bunker Hill'', a civilian-operated T2 tanker steamer, sank on 6 March 1964 after an explosion. She broke in two near Anacortes, Washington.References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bunker Hill United States Navy ship names ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
