Talk:Incendiary device

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[edit] Merge

I have suggested that incendiary device, incendiary bomb and firebomb be merged as they are all very short, and have very similar (almost identical) topics which have not been very well developed. I believe incendiary device is probably the most appropriate merged article title as it is the most general, but don't feel strongly about that. Of course all the other titles (and their redirects) would continue to exists as redirects. -- Securiger 02:59, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Reply: I agree, Incendiary bomb be merged. I do believe that the article pertaining to Firebomb should remain independent as a firebomb is not necessarily an incendiary device. I will also propose that the definition which currently reads: An incendiary device is a device or weapon designed to create a fire, instead be changed to "Incendiary device means any self-contained device intended to create an intense fire that can damage normally flame-resistant or retardant materials" as defined by NRC.gov

I agree also, They should be merged

Yea, it should be merged. --Yanwen 19:12, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Originally

"Originally, incendiaries were developed in order to destroy the many small, decentralized war industries located (often intentionally) throughout vast tracts of city acreage in an effort to escape destruction by conventionally-aimed high-explosive bombs. Nevertheless, the civilian destruction caused by such weapons quickly earned them a reputation as terror weapons", Both sentences need a source. --Philip Baird Shearer 22:13, 24 May 2007 (UTC)