improvised explosive device

bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action
Product weapon_type Q1249453
improvised explosive device
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improvised explosive device

Summary

improvised explosive device is a weapon type[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of weapon_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,480 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • improvised explosive device's image is recorded as IED Baghdad from munitions.jpg[3].
  • improvised explosive device's image is recorded as IED Jerusalem 2009 09 08 02.JPG[4].
  • improvised explosive device's instance of is recorded as weapon type[5].
  • improvised explosive device's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2009008494[6].
  • improvised explosive device's subclass of is recorded as bomb[7].
  • improvised explosive device's subclass of is recorded as explosive device[8].
  • improvised explosive device's Commons category is recorded as Improvised explosive devices[9].
  • improvised explosive device's said to be the same as is recorded as self-made explosive device[10].
  • improvised explosive device's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01n8xw[11].
  • improvised explosive device's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Improvised explosive devices[12].
  • improvised explosive device's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/improvised-explosive-device[13].
  • improvised explosive device's BBC Things ID is recorded as 3c5dde48-6da7-4a71-893f-f27b38e6ed23[14].
  • improvised explosive device's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'IED'}[15].
  • improvised explosive device's FAST ID is recorded as 1749202[16].
  • improvised explosive device's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00045676n[17].
  • improvised explosive device's New York Times topic ID is recorded as subject/improvised-explosive-devices[18].
  • improvised explosive device's Quora topic ID is recorded as Improvised-Explosive-Devices[19].
  • improvised explosive device's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as improvised-explosive-devices[20].
  • improvised explosive device's MIL-STD-2525 Symbol Identification Code is recorded as 10011500002104000000[21].
  • improvised explosive device's UK Parliament thesaurus ID is recorded as 91619[22].
  • improvised explosive device's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23].
  • improvised explosive device's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i55074[24].
  • improvised explosive device's Fandom article ID is recorded as ru.votv-ru:Самодельная_бомба[25].
  • improvised explosive device's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2910365010[26].
  • improvised explosive device's NicoNicoPedia ID is recorded as ied[27].

Why It Matters

improvised explosive device ranks in the top 2% of weapon_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,480 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Faceted Application of Subject Terminology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Faceted Application of Subject Terminology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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