It may not be an actual nuclear bomb.

Paul, searching the wreckage, found no debris that would indicate actual, physical bombs smuggled in, which had been his first thought.

There was enough to build several "dirty bombs" or, in skilled hands, possibly enough for an actual nuclear bomb.

Every factor of these missions were the same as an actual nuclear strike, besides the actual bombs dropped.

If the test occurred as the North claimed, it is unclear whether it was an actual bomb or a more primitive device.

The actual bombs had been built into the liners when they were constructed in Balthania!

But the belief that actual bombs might be involved in Victor's case immediately escalated to a level not seen here before or since.

American experts believe the Pakistanis do not need to test an actual bomb.

But he said he believed that India had far fewer actual bombs, "in the neighborhood of 35 weapons."

"No actual bombs were employed, it appears," the general said grudgingly.