Blowing up things (and each other) is one of human beings’ favorite pastimes. In this article we list some of the most ...

IN this book the author of “Modern High Explosives” has collected ... but short accounts of the other types of explosives now being manufactured are added. The manufactures of gun-cotton ...

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The bombs Shamsud-Din Jabbar built with the explosive known as RDX would have had devastating effects were it not for an ...

Spafford told the neighbor that he had various types of explosives at the property and discussed fortifying it with “a 360-degree turret” in which he planned to mount a 50-caliber rifle ...

Mr. Spafford told the neighbor that he had various types of explosives at the property and discussed fortifying it with “a 360-degree turret” in which he planned to mount a 50-caliber rifle ...

He used an electric match, which could set off a typical pipe bomb made with powder explosives. But a compound like RDX is vastly more difficult to set off. It’s considered a high explosive ...