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HMX, also called octogen, is a powerful and relatively insensitive nitroamine high explosive chemically related to RDX. The compound's name is the subject of much speculation, having been variously listed as High Melting Explosive , High-velocity Military Explosive , or High-Molecular-weight RDX .
Location of Ukraine. Ukraine is a sovereign state in Eastern Europe, [1] Ukraine has an area of 603,628 km 2 (233,062 sq mi), [2] making it the largest country entirely within Europe and the 46th largest country in the world, and a population of about 44.5 million, making it the 32nd most populous country in the world.
For 2022, both Russia and Ukraine had stockpiles of Smerch and Uragan artillery rockets equipped with cluster warheads. [ 2 ] [ 12 ] According to the International Committee of the Red Cross , most cluster munitions in stock are over 20 years old, making them more unreliable and increasing the risk of civilian casualties.
The war in Ukraine has become an artillery duel where a shortage of high explosives available to NATO and Ukraine has allowed Russian forces to gain swathes of territory this year, according to ...
The company that makes the counter-drone system, L3Harris Technologies Inc have said that four of the 14 systems that make up a $40m contract signed in January, arrived in Ukraine in the middle of ...
Claimed by Ukraine [1] and led with domestically-manufactured airborne drones, this strike would aim at normalizing such in-depth attacks in order to ease allies' stances. [9] Ukrainian representatives stated that more attacks of this kind are expected in order to “methodically” reduce Russia’s missile potential.
On 29 January 2025, Ukraine launched a drone attack on the Kstovo Refinery in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, about 800 km (500 mi) from the border with Ukraine, causing several explosions and resulting in large fires in several units. Ukrainian military sources claimed that 4 of the 4 drones sent struck their targets.
The moment an explosion occurred at Ukrainian ammunition depot has been captured on CCTV. It is Russia's second major air strike in three days. Video shows the blast in Verbky, a village located ...