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Brad Spafford, 36, was found to have over 150 homemade explosive devices, an illegal short-barrel rifle, a target-practice photograph of President Biden, and bomb-building materials at his Norfolk ...
The US hasn't produced TNT on American soil in decades, but a new contract issued by the military is going to change that.
An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. It may be constructed of conventional military explosives, such as an artillery shell, attached to a detonating mechanism. IEDs are commonly used as roadside bombs, or homemade bombs.
Nitrogen triiodide explosion. A contact explosive is a chemical substance that explodes violently when it is exposed to a relatively small amount of energy (e.g. friction, pressure, sound, light). Though different contact explosives have varying amounts of energy sensitivity, they are
Modern caps use different explosives and separate primary and secondary explosive charges, but are generally very similar to the Gardner and Smith caps. Smith also invented the first satisfactory portable power supply for igniting blasting caps : a high-voltage magneto that was driven by a rack and pinion , which in turn was driven by a T ...
A house fire and explosion in New Jersey that killed two men and two young children earlier this month was caused by explosive materials found in the residence, authorities announced Tuesday. The ...
Exploding ammunition or spiked ammunition is an ammunition and other ordnance that is sabotaged (propellant replaced) and left behind for enemy forces, generally insurgents, to find and use. It is designed to explode and destroy the weapon it is used in and perhaps injure or kill the person attempting to fire the weapon.
Explosive material was found on a school bus previously used by the CIA in a K-9 training session. The school bus in Loudoun County, Virginia, went about its normal route for two days before the ...