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- ...bstance described here without specific training. If you are threatened by explosives, move away from them and call the appropriate civilian or military emergenc ...on causing a quick physical outburst of gases or heat radiation. The first explosives were created by the Chinese in the 11th century. These were mixtures of nit24 KB (3,547 words) - 14:30, 18 March 2024
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- {{main|Explosives}} ...greater effects. The class of volumetric explosives also contain fuel-air explosives, which have both similarities to and differences from volumetrics.5 KB (699 words) - 07:37, 18 March 2024
- '''Blast''' is the process by which [[explosives]], in a millisecond or less, are converted to hot explosive gases. Dependin | date = September 1984 | title = Military Explosives}}, p. 4-11 to 4-13</ref> While the emphasis here is on the gases and the s5 KB (725 words) - 17:02, 22 March 2024
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- Explosives made with a soft, flexible, binder to give a dough-like consistency; especi274 bytes (38 words) - 20:06, 20 April 2010
- [[Explosives]] that are mixtures of ingredients that tend to separate, either reducing t285 bytes (37 words) - 16:14, 24 September 2010
- '''Organic nitrate explosives''' are the most common modern explosives, all compounds or compositions in which the major source of energy comes fr560 bytes (76 words) - 11:26, 26 April 2010
- ...l combustion energy in addition to the detonation energy of conventional [[explosives]]258 bytes (34 words) - 08:39, 4 March 2011
- ...external air oxidizer, including [[fuel-air explosives]] and [[thermobaric explosives]]149 bytes (16 words) - 06:48, 7 March 2011
- The process by which [[explosives]] convert to pressure in air or shock waves in more dense materials137 bytes (20 words) - 17:15, 26 April 2010
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- ...a number of high-technology militaries have developed '''insensitive high explosives (IHE)''', which are desensitized in a manner that makes it unlikely that th ...plastic bonded explosive (PBX). These decouple reactions among crystals of explosives. Insensitivity is measured in terms of critical diameter: the minimum diam4 KB (533 words) - 12:08, 18 March 2024
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- The most common modern class explosives, all compounds or compositions in which the major source of energy comes fr214 bytes (31 words) - 11:27, 26 April 2010
- {{r|Explosives}} {{r|Volumetric explosives||**}}336 bytes (39 words) - 09:25, 19 March 2024
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- [[Explosives]], principally for military use, which have an extremely low probability of421 bytes (60 words) - 17:02, 22 March 2024
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- ...of cast-cured explosives] Good survey of uses of specific insensitive high explosives in conventional weapons249 bytes (41 words) - 13:30, 21 March 2011
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- High explosives and components that are part of the initiation, assembly and compression sy169 bytes (23 words) - 00:41, 28 April 2010
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- ...external air oxidizer, including [[fuel-air explosives]] and [[thermobaric explosives]]149 bytes (16 words) - 06:48, 7 March 2011
- ...of cast-cured explosives] Good survey of uses of specific insensitive high explosives in conventional weapons249 bytes (41 words) - 13:30, 21 March 2011
- ...[ammonium picrate]]; before the development of advanced [[insensitive high explosives]], the military explosive least sensitive to shock and friction and thus us261 bytes (32 words) - 08:59, 20 April 2010
- ...l combustion energy in addition to the detonation energy of conventional [[explosives]]258 bytes (34 words) - 08:39, 4 March 2011
- ...en accomplished with [[sympathetic detonation]] from deliberately placed [[explosives]], or with gunfire. ...may be made with [[line charge]]s creating paths, or by use of [[fuel-air explosives]] or other bombs producing blast over a large area.652 bytes (99 words) - 21:59, 30 April 2010
- ...(e.g., TNT has a [[brisance]] of 1.0 while the brisance of the [[plastic explosives|plastic explosive]], [[Composition C-4]], is 1.34)379 bytes (55 words) - 17:02, 22 March 2024
- That part of an [[explosives|explosive assembly]] that contains the [[explosives#primary explosive|primary explosive]], the mechanism for initiating the exp324 bytes (46 words) - 13:23, 27 April 2010
- #REDIRECT [[Explosives]]24 bytes (2 words) - 00:27, 2 September 2008
- {{r|Explosives}} {{r|Volumetric explosives||**}}336 bytes (39 words) - 09:25, 19 March 2024
- ...been used in some [[explosives]], and is used in the preparation of other explosives such as [[ammonium perchlorate]].377 bytes (58 words) - 15:09, 26 April 2010
- #REDIRECT [[Insensitive high explosives]]41 bytes (4 words) - 18:53, 27 April 2010
- The first true [[explosives|high explosive]], first synthesized in 1833 by Henri Braconnot,<ref name=E | date = September 1984 | title = Military Explosives}}, p. 2-5</ref> '''nitrostarch''' is of the family of [[aliphatic nitrate e1 KB (184 words) - 15:48, 26 April 2010
- {{r|Explosives}} {{r|Low explosives}}113 bytes (12 words) - 16:31, 13 November 2007
- {{r|Explosives}} {{r|Plastic explosives||**}}176 bytes (20 words) - 11:17, 26 April 2010
- ...xplosive with reduced sensitivity but power comparable to several military explosives147 bytes (17 words) - 19:36, 8 May 2010
- '''Organic nitrate explosives''' are the most common modern explosives, all compounds or compositions in which the major source of energy comes fr560 bytes (76 words) - 11:26, 26 April 2010
- The main, and least sensitive, charge of an [[explosives|explosive]] or propellant system125 bytes (16 words) - 19:46, 6 March 2011
- {{r|Explosives}} {{r|High explosives}}130 bytes (14 words) - 23:36, 6 January 2008
- '''Nitrotriazolone (NTO)''', an [[explosives|explosive]], is commercially available and used in automobile airbags as an550 bytes (78 words) - 19:34, 8 May 2010
- '''Sympathetic detonation''' of [[explosives]] takes place when an "acceptor" explosive detonates from the blast of a ne ...Understanding the Sympathetic Detonation Charactistics of Insensitive High Explosives2 KB (224 words) - 21:52, 15 April 2011
- '''Nitramine''' chemicals are [[organic nitrate explosives]]. They include: ...this class are higher density and have higher molecular weight than other explosives, thus permitting more explosive power in the same space. Less dense molecul1 KB (143 words) - 20:19, 20 April 2010
- The total power available from an [[explosives|explosive]], measured with various tests of its ability to move mass rather174 bytes (25 words) - 18:18, 21 April 2010
- ...th oil to form the soft binder for [[Composition C-4]] and other [[plastic explosives]]155 bytes (21 words) - 20:04, 20 April 2010
- The first true [[explosives|high explosive]], synthesized in 1833 and still used in some commercial bla157 bytes (19 words) - 15:47, 26 April 2010
- A very unstable, shock-sensitive [[explosives|high-explosive]] which also has medical uses as a [[vasodilator]] in heart164 bytes (20 words) - 11:01, 20 April 2010
- The process by which [[explosives]] convert to pressure in air or shock waves in more dense materials137 bytes (20 words) - 17:15, 26 April 2010
- ...., triggered with a burning [[fuse]]) [[blasting cap]] for manually placed explosives, under reasonable environmental conditions.1 KB (180 words) - 13:20, 27 April 2010
- Among the most powerful of conventional explosives in general use, '''RDX''', short for "Royal Demolition eXplosive" or "Resea | date = September 1984 | title = Military Explosives}}, pp. 8-30 to 8-38</ref>2 KB (271 words) - 19:22, 8 May 2010
- The rate at which the detonation reaction propagates through an [[explosives|explosive material]]; in general, [[brisance]] is proportional to it181 bytes (23 words) - 18:13, 21 April 2010
- A technique of using controlled explosives to direct a blast wave, or materials near it, into a desired shape145 bytes (22 words) - 20:06, 27 September 2008
- (1900 – 1982), leader of the chemical explosives team of the Manhattan Project116 bytes (13 words) - 10:40, 11 January 2009
- When added to explosives, increases the detonation velocity of explosions or the specific impulse of161 bytes (21 words) - 04:00, 12 September 2013
- An engineering part that uses small amounts of [[explosives]] to shear or insert fasteners, provide inflation gas, weld or shape, or si175 bytes (25 words) - 09:04, 22 May 2010
- Among the first true explosives|high explosive, '''nitrocellulose''' was first synthesized in 1845 by Chris | date = September 1984 | title = Military Explosives}}, p. 2-5</ref> It is of the family of aliphatic nitrate esters produced by2 KB (299 words) - 08:34, 19 March 2024
- Explosives with a core [[aromatic hydrocarbon]] structure to which nitro groups, commo213 bytes (29 words) - 20:17, 20 April 2010
- In a military context, the supply and maintenance of explosives, chemicals, pyrotechnics, and similar stores, and their associated equipme205 bytes (27 words) - 18:45, 23 February 2011
- {{rpl|Blast (explosives)}}104 bytes (13 words) - 06:07, 24 September 2013
- The most common modern class explosives, all compounds or compositions in which the major source of energy comes fr214 bytes (31 words) - 11:27, 26 April 2010
- A highly energetic subclass of the [[organic nitrate explosives]]; includes [[RDX (explosive)|RDX]], [[HDX (explosive)|HDX]] and [[tetryl]]175 bytes (21 words) - 20:19, 20 April 2010
- High explosives and components that are part of the initiation, assembly and compression sy169 bytes (23 words) - 00:41, 28 April 2010
- ...ompound that was widely used as the initial element in the triggering of [[explosives]] or firearms ammunition; it has largely been replaced by [[lead azide]] pr233 bytes (32 words) - 17:46, 24 April 2010
- ...assive protection of tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, which uses explosives to interfere with the effects of antitank weapons191 bytes (27 words) - 15:59, 15 November 2010
- A general term for U.S. [[plastic explosives]]; [[Composition C-4]] is the current military issue although [[Composition188 bytes (24 words) - 05:21, 1 May 2010
- A family of [[explosives]], first invented by [[Alfred Nobel]], in which [[nitroglycerin]] is adsorb257 bytes (35 words) - 01:18, 24 April 2010
- ...[[vapor pressure]], 2,3-dimethyl-2,3-dinitrobutane, used to tag [[plastic explosives]] and increase the probability of their detection193 bytes (24 words) - 20:10, 20 April 2010
- ...es an exploding plasma to drive an initiating disk into the surface of a [[explosives#primary explosive|primary explosive]]213 bytes (28 words) - 13:37, 27 April 2010
- [[Explosives]] that are mixtures of ingredients that tend to separate, either reducing t285 bytes (37 words) - 16:14, 24 September 2010
- ...ities, generally replaced by [[lead azide]]; sometimes used for commercial explosives and as an igniter for lead azide263 bytes (33 words) - 00:44, 28 April 2010
- ...ing mechanical energy to the target, rather than using explosive force. [[Explosives]], however, are also kinetic-kill, but disabling with [[electronic warfare] ...against an incoming ballistic missile is far greater than any non-nuclear explosives would provide.1 KB (201 words) - 11:59, 17 November 2008
- ...ng [[sympathetic detonation]], principally caused by deliberately placed [[explosives]]229 bytes (27 words) - 21:52, 30 April 2010
- Explosives made with a soft, flexible, binder to give a dough-like consistency; especi274 bytes (38 words) - 20:06, 20 April 2010
- | date = September 1984 | title = Military Explosives}}, pp. 7-1 to 7-5</ref> ...iators with respect to storage stability, impact sensitivity, and tertiary explosives it can detonate without a booster. There are several variants of mechanical2 KB (243 words) - 02:00, 23 January 2011
- ...iators with respect to storage stability, impact sensitivity, and tertiary explosives it can detonate without a booster; several variants of mechanical propertie322 bytes (43 words) - 09:43, 22 April 2010
- ...nned [[torpedo]]es ([[kaiten]]), explosive-laden speedboats, soldiers with explosives on their bodies or on poles, etc.291 bytes (38 words) - 10:46, 15 April 2010
- [[Insensitive high explosives|insensitive liquid explosive binder]] used in [[explosive welding]] and nuc228 bytes (25 words) - 17:02, 22 March 2024
- ...ique - mining - calls on finding a way to covertly sneak a large supply of explosives underneath the fortification, and then detonating the explosion - perhaps c ...ortification has unguarded [[sewers]] it may be possible to covertly place explosives within that sewer.2 KB (230 words) - 22:24, 5 January 2024
- ...der black powder was used as a warhead filler before the invention of high explosives; also used in pyrotechnics235 bytes (34 words) - 18:46, 21 April 2010
- (pDNPA): [[Insensitive high explosives|insensitive solid high explosive]] with good binder properties; 2,2-dinitro223 bytes (26 words) - 17:02, 22 March 2024
- ...vely easy to prepare, it has been replaced, in manufactured ammunition and explosives, principally by [[lead azide]] preparations, which have better storage prop | date = September 1984 | title = Military Explosives}}, pp. 2-4 to 2-6}}</ref>2 KB (263 words) - 18:15, 24 April 2010
- ...(tool)]] and [[drill (tool)]], powered by compressed air, electricity, and explosives, and used in excavation and demolition224 bytes (30 words) - 09:30, 4 June 2009
- The shattering power of an [[explosives|explosive]]; a measure of the rate at which it develops its maximum [[deton252 bytes (35 words) - 21:07, 20 April 2010
- A [[explosives|high explosive]], N-methyl-N,2,4,6-tetranitroaniline, no longer manufacture242 bytes (33 words) - 21:53, 20 April 2010
- Not always present but required in some applications, an [[explosives|explosive]] that is less sensitive than the [[primary explosive]] in the de278 bytes (38 words) - 19:45, 6 March 2011
- ...ve ignition; commercial use as too weak to detonate virtually all military explosives277 bytes (34 words) - 00:46, 28 April 2010
- ...it protects the tank or other vehicle by covering it with explosives. The explosives, however, are layered on top of the conventional passive armor. When struck1 KB (161 words) - 16:00, 15 November 2010
- The standard U.S. military [[plastic explosives|plastic explosive]], principally for demolitions but also used in some muni320 bytes (39 words) - 11:18, 26 April 2010
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- ...ubsonic) self-sustaining combustion in explosive materials, especially low explosives such as black gunpowder and desensitized smokeless powder; the combustion w350 bytes (46 words) - 13:09, 4 May 2010
- ..., most often nuclear or of a [[explosives#volumetric explosives|volumetric explosives]]. It is referred2 KB (260 words) - 10:42, 8 April 2024
- An [[insensitive high explosives|insensitive high explosive]] (IHE) with the IUPAC name 1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6265 bytes (33 words) - 17:02, 22 March 2024
- A class of [[nitroglycerin]] based explosives, for commercial applications, containing 20 to 60 percent nitroglycerin, so333 bytes (45 words) - 21:27, 25 April 2010
- ...fferent viscosities, used as a binder for [[PBX (explosive)|plastic-bonded explosives]] and solid-fuel [[rocket engine]]s, as an adhesive and sealant, and as a f324 bytes (45 words) - 15:05, 21 April 2010
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- ...litary explosive; a member of the [[nitramine]] class of [[organic nitrate explosives]]286 bytes (34 words) - 09:39, 20 April 2010
- ...th high accuracy and increased safeguards, although not [[insensitive high explosives]] that would not improve safety on a submarine336 bytes (42 words) - 11:51, 28 April 2010
- {{main|Explosives}} ...greater effects. The class of volumetric explosives also contain fuel-air explosives, which have both similarities to and differences from volumetrics.5 KB (699 words) - 07:37, 18 March 2024
- An [[explosives|explosive]] that takes relatively little energy to detonate, although recen356 bytes (47 words) - 19:44, 6 March 2011
- [[Explosives]], principally for military use, which have an extremely low probability of421 bytes (60 words) - 17:02, 22 March 2024
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- A family of [[plastic explosives|plastic explosive]] formulas, developed in the [[Czech Republic]], containi355 bytes (49 words) - 16:22, 20 April 2010
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- During an high-speed event driven by [[explosives]], such as the implosion of a [[fission device]], the high pressures and t411 bytes (57 words) - 16:06, 6 May 2010
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- The assembly that contains a sensitive [[explosives#primary explosive|primary explosive]] intended to initiate the propellant t389 bytes (59 words) - 18:58, 24 April 2010
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- '''Brisance''' is a quantitative measure of the shattering power of [[explosives]]. Simply, it is the rate at which the explosive develops its maximum [[det | date = September 1984 | title = Military Explosives}}, p. 3-4</ref>2 KB (336 words) - 11:38, 21 April 2010
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- ...a number of high-technology militaries have developed '''insensitive high explosives (IHE)''', which are desensitized in a manner that makes it unlikely that th ...plastic bonded explosive (PBX). These decouple reactions among crystals of explosives. Insensitivity is measured in terms of critical diameter: the minimum diam4 KB (533 words) - 12:08, 18 March 2024
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- ...otection] uses a genetically modified thale cress to detect compounds like explosives (land mines)1 KB (160 words) - 01:24, 25 September 2008
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- ...d an intercept vehicle. It is a subset of [[kinetic kill]], which includes explosives and other physically destructive "hard kill" mechanisms.472 bytes (76 words) - 12:02, 17 November 2008
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- ;Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives (CBRNE) - Smallpox. Written more for laypeople. : http://emedicine.medscape757 bytes (111 words) - 13:31, 11 December 2009
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- ...but also by the operation of specialized generators driven by conventional explosives, which produces radiation in the radiofrequency and lower-frequency electri }}</ref>. Several open-literature techniques, requiring only conventional explosives, or, in the case of high power microwave, a large electrical power supply,2 KB (269 words) - 17:02, 22 March 2024
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- **Hague IV - Prohibiting Launching of Projectiles and Explosives from Balloons : July 29, 1899 ***Declaration I - on the Launching of Projectiles and Explosives from Balloons; July 29, 18992 KB (292 words) - 10:09, 25 February 2024
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- ...y standards. It is a subset of [[boobytrap]]s, which do not always include explosives. Often, the explosive component comes from captured military supplies; a c ...ight of high explosives. By that criterion, calling a large amount of high explosives "WMD" confuses a longer-established definition.6 KB (884 words) - 08:23, 31 March 2024
- ...te journal| author=M. Held | title=TNT − Equivalent | journal=Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics | volume=8 | issue=5 | pages=pp. 158-167 | date=October 1983857 bytes (109 words) - 15:54, 10 June 2011
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- | known_for = heroically fought a fire, on a ship loaded with explosives, in NYC, during World War II ...heroically fought a fire on the ''[[El Estero]]'', a freighter laden with explosives, on April 24, 1943.<ref name=nytimes2010-01-03/>6 KB (870 words) - 10:50, 23 February 2024
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- ...ion system of the W53 did not use one of the newer, safer insensitive high explosives. In spite of this incident, or perhaps because of it, the Titan II was con2 KB (349 words) - 14:31, 18 March 2024
- {{main|Testing of explosives}} ...ng]]. They also can be used to study the characteristics of new types of [[explosives]].2 KB (347 words) - 17:02, 22 March 2024
- *[[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives]];1 KB (136 words) - 00:36, 31 January 2009
- '''Blast''' is the process by which [[explosives]], in a millisecond or less, are converted to hot explosive gases. Dependin | date = September 1984 | title = Military Explosives}}, p. 4-11 to 4-13</ref> While the emphasis here is on the gases and the s5 KB (725 words) - 17:02, 22 March 2024
- ...evice]]s, usually by triggering [[sympathetic detonation]] of the emplaced explosives. Other applications include breaking ice packs or log jams.887 bytes (136 words) - 16:17, 18 April 2010
- ...the school and found [[explosive]]s inside. The SWAT officers defused the explosives, and the two killers ended their own lives at noon. Students were escorted3 KB (403 words) - 08:22, 15 March 2023
- As opposed to [[ammonium nitrate]], it is not easily [[explosives|explosive]] by itself, and, even with additives, only as a low explosive.1 KB (163 words) - 10:16, 27 April 2010
- ...Customs officer Diana Dean observed him acting suspiciously, and carrying explosives for an attack on [[Los Angeles International Airport]].<ref name=Clarke>{{c1 KB (146 words) - 02:24, 21 February 2024
- ...lication 3-41: Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-Yield Explosives Consequence Management1 KB (161 words) - 10:43, 8 April 2024
- −184 <sup>0</sup>C. It is highly combustible and forms an [[Explosives|explosive]] mixture with air. The gas is formed by decomposition of plant a1 KB (178 words) - 08:34, 8 June 2009
- ...triamino-trinitrobenzene, is the best-known example of [[insensitive high explosives]]. Of those in production and whose existence is not [[classified informati1 KB (168 words) - 17:02, 22 March 2024
- ...roducing [[synthetic rubber]]. Farben companies were key parts of German [[explosives]] production. They were even part of the production of [[Zyklon B]] used a1 KB (160 words) - 22:39, 31 December 2013
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- [[Explosives]] are widely used to force the building collapse, most dramatically in cont1 KB (181 words) - 10:58, 29 November 2020
- ...toxic chemicals (including [[chemical weapon]]s, fire hazards, scattered [[explosives]], radioactive materials, etc. Decontamination is concerned with the immed One of the realities of dealing with explosives is that it is not always possible to [[render-safe|render them safe]], eith8 KB (1,170 words) - 10:42, 8 April 2024
- ...l warhead. The mass and speed of the missile, combined with conventional [[explosives]], make it a much greater threat against ships, for example, than the small1 KB (169 words) - 21:58, 7 September 2008
- ...ications for '''pyrotechnic components''', which use small quantities of [[explosives]] to achieve a desired mechanical result.1 KB (176 words) - 09:06, 22 May 2010
- ...). Small bombs that can be thrown by hand are usually called [[grenade]]s. Explosives that are carried by the user to the target and detonated against it, with t ...h far less danger to adjacent people and things that if the bomb contained explosives.3 KB (566 words) - 17:07, 22 March 2024
- ...ainless steel or [[aluminium]], materials that react violently with water, explosives and highly flammable substances, and materials that pose exceptional danger ===Explosives===8 KB (1,189 words) - 06:39, 12 September 2013
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- ...unds, not available for the older weapon. In particular, it can fire high explosives designed to spray shrapnel at a precise distance, allowing the gunner to ta1 KB (221 words) - 20:08, 23 April 2022
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- ...pectrum of '''blast injuries''' from the direct [[overpressure]] from an [[explosives|explosion]], the negative pressure following the blast wave, or effects of6 KB (830 words) - 10:43, 8 April 2024
- One of the means of achieving the criterion is the use of insensitive high explosives. Implosion systems are built of a large number of highly directional detona2 KB (268 words) - 14:15, 18 March 2024
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- }}</ref> When the raiding force can access the key target, they often use explosives, manually placed so that a small amount can do maximum damage. ...s, such as bridges, historically could be attacked only by manually placed explosives. With the advent of precision-guided munitions, the destructive part of the4 KB (626 words) - 07:35, 18 March 2024
- ...military but often are civilian. Larger and deadlier attacks come when the explosives are in a vehicle (e.g., 1983 Beirut barracks bombings) or by boat (''USS Co2 KB (300 words) - 07:36, 18 March 2024
- ...g or the 9/11 attack. While these were horrible events, large conventional explosives or unusual mechanisms such as crashing airplanes are not within the classic ...by ionizing radiation from radioactive isotopes dispersed by conventional explosives or other means that do not involve nuclear fission or fusion at the point o7 KB (1,063 words) - 16:23, 30 March 2024
- ...bstance described here without specific training. If you are threatened by explosives, move away from them and call the appropriate civilian or military emergenc ...on causing a quick physical outburst of gases or heat radiation. The first explosives were created by the Chinese in the 11th century. These were mixtures of nit24 KB (3,547 words) - 14:30, 18 March 2024
- | Create guns, explosives, scopes, bullets, etc. Also allows the player to 'de-engineer' mechanical c2 KB (335 words) - 09:36, 17 April 2010
- ...such as Tritonal are being replaced with PBXN-109 or other less sensitive explosives. ...proximity sensor is in the nose, and the actual electronics and detonating explosives of the fuze are in the tail.8 KB (1,240 words) - 09:09, 19 March 2024
- ...es (EFP)''' are weapons of war that, before hitting their target, use high explosives to alter their shape or other characteristics (e.g., solid vs. liquid vs. g ...al-level manufacturing, or is something the author, correctly handling the explosives, could build in a home shop?9 KB (1,484 words) - 09:08, 25 October 2013
- ...ns also may have the training and equipment to deal with potential or real explosives. The discipline is also highly relevant to humanitarian demining operations Especially with IEDs, but also with professionally placed explosives, there may be hidden mechanisms intended to trigger the device while it is9 KB (1,331 words) - 10:43, 8 April 2024
- * ''The Constructive Uses of Nuclear Explosives'', Edward Teller, Wilson K. Talley, and Gary H. Higgins, McGraw Hill, NY, 12 KB (279 words) - 11:24, 31 January 2010
- When [[explosives]] detonate in air, and the altitude of the burst is sufficiently low that t3 KB (391 words) - 21:48, 5 May 2010
- ...earch interests included nuclear explosive design, applications of nuclear explosives to military and non-military purposes, controlled release of thermonuclear2 KB (313 words) - 09:39, 14 February 2024
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- ...roft, Wayne. ''Dangerous Energy: The Archaeology of Gunpowder and Military Explosives'' (2000) 222 pages3 KB (378 words) - 13:17, 18 August 2008
- ...other large pieces of equipment such as an earth auger drill for emplacing explosives, mines, or barrier structures.2 KB (389 words) - 10:35, 29 March 2024
- {{main|Explosives}} ...ssure shock wave called a [[detonation]]. However, it is possible for low explosives in a confined space to deflagrate very quickly and build up enough pressure16 KB (2,391 words) - 10:23, 18 March 2024
- ...n]]s or [[knife|knives]]) or dangerous and destructive substances (e.g., [[explosives]], [[poison]]s). Distinctions are also made among guns clearly intended fo3 KB (470 words) - 23:19, 1 April 2024
- ...detonation rather than a combustion wavefront, triggering shock-sensitive explosives. ...d wells for fuzes and fuze components. The main fuze, including detonating explosives, often is in the tail group, with sensors in the noze. Safety and arming el6 KB (958 words) - 14:57, 18 March 2024
- ...hese have been adjudicated to include the handling of wild animals, use of explosives, use of poisonous materials, and use of radiation. A related area of [[prod3 KB (457 words) - 01:08, 15 December 2007
- The W88 does not use [[insensitive high explosives]], as it was decided that a fire, in a submerged submarine, was a far great3 KB (432 words) - 00:47, 15 May 2010
- ...imple mines out of commercial and random military components and available explosives. Naval mines are sufficiently large and complex that they are designed by e While "insensitive high explosives", originally developed for the trigger mechanism of nuclear weapons, will f11 KB (1,764 words) - 16:21, 30 March 2024
- ...the bankruptcy of their family business, devoted himself to the study of [[explosives]], and especially to the safe manufacture and use of [[nitroglycerin]] (dis ...im and the [[United Kingdom]]. From the manufacture of dynamite and other explosives, and from the exploitation of the [[Baky|Baku]] oil-fields, in the developm7 KB (1,127 words) - 13:49, 7 August 2011
- ...ble materials, [[cresol|cresols]], [[epoxide|epoxides]], [[ester|esters]], explosives, [[glycol|glycols]], [[ketone|ketones]], organic peroxides, [[organophospha4 KB (532 words) - 23:27, 20 February 2010
- ...lapper detonator''', also called a '''chip slapper''', is a component of [[explosives]] systems, primarily military, which both delivers large amounts of energy3 KB (483 words) - 10:21, 6 May 2010
- ...efield involves building and breaching obstacles, land mines and demining, explosives and demolition, river crossing using mobile bridges, and related technical3 KB (535 words) - 09:25, 8 April 2024
- *Prevention of illegal traffic in weapons and explosives, protecting the President and designated officials, and controlling movemen4 KB (528 words) - 08:34, 23 February 2024
- ...istry and reactions at Harvard University, was the leader of the chemical explosives team of the Manhattan Project and later served as Dwight D. Eisenhower|Pres ...ter the start of WWII, he headed the National Defense Research Committee's Explosives Division.11 KB (1,596 words) - 16:22, 30 March 2024
- ...ttom) is a tamper of some sort (gray), followed by precisely arranged high explosives (yellow), followed by a plutonium core (blue), filled with tritium gas (gre3 KB (482 words) - 09:36, 19 March 2024
- * Continue an academic program to investigate active interrogation and explosives detection.4 KB (511 words) - 12:16, 31 March 2024
- ...bequeathed by [[Alfred Nobel]], a pioneer in the development of industrial explosives. The prize, which is generally considered the most prestigious in the worl3 KB (413 words) - 15:53, 4 November 2017
- ...precise manner, by pressure waves created by the explosion of conventional explosives. There are two basic ways to do this: ...on systems used large number of explosive "lenses", formed of a mixture of explosives with fast and slow detonation velocity, each forming a shock wave that move18 KB (2,844 words) - 16:57, 29 March 2024
- ...''' earthquakes are caused by explosion of nuclear devices or other strong explosives.<ref>[http://scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/eq2.htm Southern California Education5 KB (707 words) - 19:37, 9 January 2021
- ==== How informative should CZ articles on explosives be? ==== ...pose-built fuse lighter). In the sixties, a lot of commercial and military explosives handbooks were freely available. They aren't any more.13 KB (2,139 words) - 10:07, 24 February 2024
- ...he Second Battle of Ypres in 1915, the U.S. Army (Union) army to use large explosives with penetration Battle of the Crater in 1864, or British use of massed tan4 KB (625 words) - 16:22, 30 March 2024
- ...energy]] commonly used to quantify the energy released (or "yielded") in [[Explosives|explosions]]. The ton (or tonne)<ref name=ton group=note/> of TNT equivalen4 KB (673 words) - 07:30, 25 March 2024
- ...uary 1945. Twenty days later she put to sea with Marine reinforcements and explosives for [[Guadalcanal]], and through February, ferried troops in the Guadalcana4 KB (526 words) - 17:14, 7 March 2024
- ...cteristic signature of a nuclear explosion]]. As opposed to conventional [[explosives]], which have one primary flash that follows the detonation wave, there are5 KB (694 words) - 17:07, 22 March 2024
- ...in response to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosives incidents outside its AOR (i.e., continental United States (CONUS), Alaska,5 KB (777 words) - 00:19, 24 September 2009
- ...0%), and trunk (9%). They typically are caused by building collapse from [[explosives]], or [[earthquake]] and other natural disasters, or construction accidents5 KB (693 words) - 10:42, 8 April 2024
- ...of zinc, tin or enamel. It is also used in lead sulfate batteries. Many explosives are manufactured using sulfuric acid.6 KB (957 words) - 05:47, 12 September 2013
- Given both the limitations of metallurgy and explosives, early mortars were enormous by today's standards of man-portable or truck-5 KB (811 words) - 16:23, 30 March 2024
- * Nitrate-containing explosives7 KB (1,067 words) - 10:08, 28 February 2024
- ...rgo [[1 April]]. She departed on [[21 April]] for West Coast ports to load explosives and construction equipment, returning to Pearl Harbor [[23 May]].5 KB (639 words) - 17:14, 7 March 2024
- ...ing. It is also used in thousands of other products as diverse as tampons, explosives, and paper.5 KB (923 words) - 19:48, 14 February 2010
- ...Even with their expertise, the team will bring in, for example, certified explosives experts.5 KB (750 words) - 05:14, 29 July 2023
- ...hysical precautions such as the one-point safe criterion, insensitive high explosives, weak link-strong link and enhanced nuclear detonation safety, and fire-re6 KB (813 words) - 14:14, 18 March 2024
- | date = September 1984 | title = Military Explosives}}, pp. 2-10 to 2-12</ref>7 KB (1,047 words) - 11:35, 22 March 2024
- ...nge of 240 kilometers/150 miles. It could send 1,000 kilograms (1 ton) of explosives more than 240 kilometers (150 miles) down range in five minutes.6 KB (917 words) - 05:24, 15 March 2024
- * Noble, Andrew ''Artillery and Explosives: Essays and Lectures Written and Delivered at Various Times'', 1906 John Mu7 KB (970 words) - 14:07, 10 February 2023
- ...d by hundreds of fighters, flew 3,800 sorties dropping 10,000 tons of high explosives on the main German aircraft and6 KB (885 words) - 11:47, 20 March 2024
- ...gainst Japan. Previously, most raids were "precision" raids that used high explosives against industrial targets; thereafter, most raids were "area" raids that u6 KB (898 words) - 17:36, 6 March 2024
- ...wall, to knowing the precise position of a target to be hit with a ton of explosives.7 KB (1,090 words) - 16:43, 25 November 2013
- ...raction between the chemical agent and the metabolism of the victim. While explosives and incendiary|incendiaries are indeed chemical compounds, and may even be Apart from chemists who insisted that gas was far more humane than high explosives, the military did not want chemical warfare. Certainly with the agents avai14 KB (2,220 words) - 07:28, 18 March 2024
- ...tions are high. Recent suicide bombings in Iraq have combined conventional explosives with chlorine tanks; while this technique hasn't produced exceptionally hig those achieved with ordinary explosives in the attacks on the [[2004 Madrid bombings|2004 Madrid]] and19 KB (2,969 words) - 16:57, 29 March 2024
- ...mand Center]] is on the second floor. Prior to the threat of vehicle-borne explosives, a commuter bus station was on ramps below the building; these have been cl7 KB (1,135 words) - 10:23, 29 March 2024
- ...f flammable liquids and gases and to the process activity of manufacturing explosives and pyrotechnics.9 KB (1,311 words) - 10:42, 8 April 2024
- ...en]]. [[Ammonia]] is an important feedstock for artificial fertilizers and explosives. In [[World War I]] Haber supported the use of chemical weapons and activ ...tor in prolonging the war, because the chemical route from ammonia to high explosives is a short one.15 KB (2,281 words) - 02:47, 24 March 2010
- ...d shells, rockets, etc., to news teams, it was not coincidental that their explosives and boobytrap specialist, Jack McGeorge, was holding the item or was the cl ...trols to misleading value. On a battlefield, the enemy has ready access to explosives or weapons fire for destroying it, or very straightforward means such as dr16 KB (2,467 words) - 12:10, 31 March 2024
- ...lp identify their content, such as nitrogen-rich compounds that might be [[explosives]]. Third, if fissionable materials are present, there will be a net increas9 KB (1,298 words) - 21:46, 21 July 2020
- ...July 21, 1944. Cobra was a short, very intensive bombardment with lighter explosives before the American ground advance, so as not to create greater rubble and7 KB (1,113 words) - 07:05, 21 March 2024
- ...stics, soaps, detergents, solvents, paints, drugs, fertilizer, pesticides, explosives, synthetic textile fibers and rubbers, flooring and insulating materials an9 KB (1,157 words) - 14:08, 2 February 2023
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- * [[Explosives/Definition]] * [[Insensitive high explosives/Definition]]28 KB (2,875 words) - 16:19, 7 April 2024
- ...critical to the development of nuclear weapons and advanced conventional [[explosives]].9 KB (1,379 words) - 17:02, 22 March 2024
- ...ation. The fissioning pit, which generated the neutrons, was compressed by explosives, composed of low-Z (low atomic number) elements that are good neutron absor ...fission itself needed a high neutron density. For this reason, the pit and explosives were surrounded by a neutron reflector. Some neutrons would be reflected ba20 KB (3,072 words) - 10:33, 18 March 2024
- ...rs" without authority from the Dail. Money came from America, and arms and explosives were smuggled in. Michael Collins had an effective spy network among the au ...in Ireland'' (1949). Barry argues that the lack of arms and expertise with explosives was a continuous problem with the effective waging of the war, with active18 KB (2,917 words) - 08:13, 10 October 2013
- ...perhaps made from an artillery shell, or a grenade, or a quantity of high explosives, whereas a land mine is manufactured for its specific purpose. A booby trap During World War II, scales in warehouses and factories were rigged with explosives. Allied soldiers securing an area would be tempted to step upon the scale t33 KB (5,452 words) - 09:17, 5 April 2024
- ...explosives, causing his own death as well as deaths in the target, or the explosives went off when the driver was incapacitated and let go of a [[fault toleranc Foreign specialists in explosives, WMD, and other warfare methods might come to CIA notice in their countries32 KB (4,652 words) - 11:55, 31 March 2024
- ...it affords its occupant considerable protection from automatic weapons and explosives,<ref name=IronMan25/> though [[Grey Gargoyle|Mokk: Breaker of Faith]] was a11 KB (1,664 words) - 02:14, 31 January 2012
- * [[Explosives/Related Articles]] * [[Insensitive high explosives/Related Articles]]36 KB (4,044 words) - 16:22, 7 April 2024
- ...uncover 100 firearms, 100 home-made bombs, 250 [[Pounds (weight)|lbs]] of explosives and 21,000 rounds of ammunition11 KB (1,674 words) - 18:10, 23 September 2010
- * [[Template:Explosives/Metadata]] * [[Template:Insensitive high explosives/Metadata]]39 KB (4,231 words) - 05:22, 8 April 2024
- * Manufacture of [[explosives]]11 KB (1,648 words) - 09:37, 6 March 2024
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- ...uval Langer]] is rocking back and forth on the porch while pondering how [[explosives]] are used in the construction of [[bomb|bombs]], but to no avail. Also, th ::It's also about CREATION of gas. Explosives are usually made of liquid or solid materials. When they explode they becom22 KB (3,525 words) - 05:02, 8 March 2024
- ...ide]]s), [[detergent]]s (soap, shampoo, cleaning solutions), fragrances, [[explosives]], widely used industrial chemicals (such as [[sulfuric acid]] and [[ammoni13 KB (1,788 words) - 09:16, 6 March 2024
- ...l to penetrate areas outside Pakistan, or mathematical skills to work with explosives such as the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the 1998 bombings of U.S. Emba11 KB (1,587 words) - 08:10, 11 March 2024
- On October 12, 2000 three suicide bombers detonated a skiff packed with explosives alongside the American Burke-class destroyer, the USS Cole, which was docke11 KB (1,546 words) - 04:39, 5 April 2024
- ...er]], and the production administration of [[magnesium]], lubricating oil, explosives, [[methanol]], and [[Zyklon B]], the lethal gas used in [[concentration cam ...], as well as the production administration of magnesium, lubricating oil, explosives, methanol, and [[Zyklon B]], the lethal gas used in concentration camps.<re25 KB (3,817 words) - 00:06, 3 October 2013
- **Hague IV - Prohibiting Launching of Projectiles and Explosives from Balloons : July 29, 1899 **Declaration I - on the Launching of Projectiles and Explosives from Balloons; July 29, 189925 KB (3,799 words) - 13:05, 7 August 2013
- ...ide]]s), [[detergent]]s (soap, shampoo, cleaning solutions), fragrances, [[explosives]], widely used industrial chemicals (such as [[sulfuric acid]] and [[ammoni14 KB (1,996 words) - 09:16, 6 March 2024
- ...m boilers to turbines), ordnance (with better fire directors, and new high explosives) and armor and emergence of new craft such as destroyers and submarines, Ma11 KB (1,834 words) - 15:42, 8 April 2024
- ...nd spare parts, led Japan to develop kamikaze tactics, with planes full of explosives, enough fuel for a one-way trip, and a pilot psychologically prepared to di12 KB (1,934 words) - 08:21, 14 March 2024
- ...osive ordnance disposal]] personnel to get to the endangered weapon. These explosives also are likelier to be in strong electromagnetic fields than on shore. Whe13 KB (1,960 words) - 11:04, 8 April 2024
- ...possible violations with respect to fax machine paper, display materials, explosives, plumbing supplies, doors, [[aluminium]] extrusions, carpet, bread, and man14 KB (2,126 words) - 07:21, 12 September 2013
- *Elviemek, Hellenic Explosives and Ammunition Industry, Greece. License n. 9328 dated 17 May 1982. In the14 KB (2,083 words) - 18:47, 3 April 2024
- ...he Second Battle of Ypres in 1915, the U.S. Army (Union) army to use large explosives with penetration Battle of the Crater in 1864, or British use of massed tan14 KB (2,120 words) - 16:23, 30 March 2024
- }}</ref>. Several open-literature techniques, requiring only conventional explosives, or, in the case of high power microwave, a large electrical power supply,15 KB (2,153 words) - 14:43, 18 March 2024
- ...ch as fertilizer (ammonium nitrate) mixed with diesel fuel; these homemade explosives are called "Improvised Explosive Devices" (IEDs). <ref>[http://www.unodc.or42 KB (6,277 words) - 07:33, 20 April 2024
- ...ch as fertilizer (ammonium nitrate) mixed with diesel fuel; these homemade explosives are called "Improvised Explosive Devices" (IEDs). <ref>[http://www.unodc.or42 KB (6,280 words) - 07:33, 20 April 2024
- ...a had "...trained.."Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab "... equipped him with those explosives and directed him to attack that plane headed for America." Obama promised h15 KB (2,134 words) - 15:14, 29 March 2024
- ...re and agriculture. Furthermore, ''B. subtilis'' has been used to convert explosives into harmless compounds and to safely discard [[radionuclide wastes]]. ''B16 KB (2,248 words) - 05:12, 30 October 2013
- Japan's stocks of guns, shells, explosives, and other military supplies were thoroughly protected in dispersed or unde14 KB (2,139 words) - 15:18, 8 April 2024
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- ...ncreased in size and power, and steel armor was added to battleships. High explosives were invented and better powder. These innovations came about almost simult Gunpowder and other explosives have several roles in gunnery: the [[warhead]], the propelling charge, and47 KB (7,596 words) - 15:31, 4 April 2024
- ...of the more common ones include blast injuries from firecrackers and other explosives, and mechanical trauma from placement of foreign bodies into the ear. The e19 KB (3,127 words) - 03:54, 20 July 2013
- ...a U.S. Air Force [[KC-135 Stratotanker|KC-135]] aircraft. The conventional explosives in two of the bombs detonated upon impact with the ground, dispersing pluto19 KB (2,853 words) - 09:20, 22 April 2024
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- ...supervise the purchase of large quantities of food, cotton, machinery and explosives. Surprisingly, Germany, with its large, efficient, prestigious civil servic ...re heaviest about a third of the shells contained gas, and two-thirds high explosives or shrapnel. More subtle types of defenses were developed by both sides. At53 KB (8,509 words) - 16:53, 12 March 2024
- ...mber of this year, when his son Jacques died in an accident while handling explosives. As a consequence, he resumed his contacts with his daughter, Françoise.17 KB (2,516 words) - 18:52, 8 March 2018
- ...e practical changes of substances, and make new compounds including drugs, explosives, cosmetics, and foods. Chemical synthesis of materials involves bringing to23 KB (3,309 words) - 09:41, 6 March 2024
- ...afety level S-3, the highest level of safety - that is, no way, even using explosives, that terrorists could cause a disaster. S-3 may be impossible to achieve.23 KB (3,486 words) - 09:11, 19 April 2024
- ...on Red Beach. ''Titania'' unloaded 575 tons of cargo, including high explosives, and departed Balikpapan at 1930 the same day.19 KB (2,890 words) - 09:08, 5 April 2024
- ...d by hundreds of fighters, flew 3,800 sorties dropping 10,000 tons of high explosives on the main German aircraft and ball-bearing factories. The US suffered 2,19 KB (2,926 words) - 10:45, 27 March 2024
- ...the threat, and mitigate its effects. " Note this includes conventional explosives as well as the chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons commo ...ng availability of nuclear materials and technology which has made nuclear explosives accessible to developing states can also be expected sooner or later to bri68 KB (9,925 words) - 16:57, 29 March 2024
- ...with or replacing HMMWVs; the Bradleys were met with very large bomb using explosives packed into sewers, or explosively formed projectiles. ...attacks required checkpoints to stop, even by predetonating, vehicle-borne explosives. "Gated community" walls would protect against infiltration. U.S. Marines a49 KB (7,606 words) - 11:02, 10 March 2024
- ...ed enemy areas, each B-52 typically dropping 42,000 pounds of conventional explosives. They bombed from high altitude, out of sight and hearing, so the first war22 KB (3,413 words) - 15:53, 4 April 2024
- Alfred Nobel became increasingly uneasy with the military use of the explosives which he had created in the course of his jobs; his discomfort increased ap33 KB (4,841 words) - 15:05, 15 April 2024
- ...gainst Japan. Previously, most raids were "precision" raids that used high explosives against industrial targets; thereafter, most raids were "area" raids that u23 KB (3,475 words) - 09:12, 8 September 2013
- ...as devastating. working to perfection. The B-29 dropping conventional high explosives and incendiaries was the perfect instrument to destroy the infrastructure o29 KB (4,548 words) - 05:12, 31 March 2024
- ...ht slow down, but certainly not stop, a determined entry attempt that used explosives.33 KB (4,818 words) - 12:10, 20 March 2024
- ...n unsuccessful federal government program to find peaceful uses for atomic explosives. In the 1970s, Teller remained a prominent government adviser on nuclear-w28 KB (4,424 words) - 07:32, 20 April 2024
- ...a hard metal "dart" to extreme velocities. Chemical energy warheads carry explosives, and have superior performance against area and unarmored targets.31 KB (4,588 words) - 02:18, 7 April 2024
- ...ies, 380 medium bombers and 550 fighter bombers dropped 4,000 tons of high explosives and napalm. Bradley was horrified when 77 planes bombed short: The ground b ...d by hundreds of fighters, flew 3,800 sorties dropping 10,000 tons of high explosives on the main German aircraft and105 KB (16,641 words) - 13:15, 6 April 2024
- ...56 raids dropped 53,000 bombs each containing 250 to 4,000 pounds of high explosives, plus 2.5 million 4-pound magnesium incendiary bombs. (The bombers also dro31 KB (4,759 words) - 04:41, 12 November 2013
- ...things as rubber, tin, waste kitchen fats (the predominant raw material of explosives and many pharmaceuticals) paper, lumber, steel and many others. A popular30 KB (4,659 words) - 14:33, 2 February 2023
- ...ich]] where Hitler had launched the [[Beer Hall Putsch]] in 1923. Stealing explosives from his workplace, Elser built a powerful time-bomb. For over a month, he ...g and sabotage, and the assassination of Gestapo and Nazi Party officials. Explosives were stolen with the objective of blowing up the Gestapo headquarters. Himm69 KB (11,160 words) - 16:45, 10 February 2024
- ...of the target area. As opposed to the general experience with conventional explosives, the overpressure caused by an explosion is not a simple inverse cube relat36 KB (5,312 words) - 09:34, 19 March 2024
- ...safehouses), information technology, communications, training, weapons and explosives, medical services, etc. Transportation alone is a huge function, including37 KB (5,702 words) - 07:28, 18 March 2024
- On 26th April, the Germans dropped 100,000 pounds of explosives on [[Guernica]]. Over 1,000 civilians were killed in an action that shocked32 KB (4,937 words) - 09:15, 5 April 2024
- ...d by hundreds of fighters, flew 3,800 sorties dropping 10,000 tons of high explosives on the main German aircraft and ball-bearing factories. The Luftwaffe made35 KB (5,382 words) - 13:16, 6 April 2024
- ...as insoluble, given a skilled application of a sufficient quantity of high explosives. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 23:59, 1 November 2008 (U52 KB (8,701 words) - 18:02, 1 April 2024
- ...red to as K-9 (canine) units, where dogs are trained to sniff out drugs or explosives, rescue trapped or lost people, or attack on command. These are often consi43 KB (6,974 words) - 10:07, 28 February 2024
- ...red to as K-9 (canine) units, where dogs are trained to sniff out drugs or explosives, rescue trapped or lost people, or attack on command. These are often consi45 KB (7,175 words) - 10:08, 28 February 2024
- ...gets. The first antisubmarine weapons were depth charges, or containers of explosives that would be dropped, from the surface, over the location of a suspected s49 KB (7,489 words) - 02:18, 7 April 2024
- ...flying at 14,000 feet (at 97 miles per hour) carrying 7,500 pounds of high explosives to Berlin. Aircraft production in the States fell far behind schedule. The46 KB (7,337 words) - 15:47, 25 March 2024
- ...10:00, the fire ignited a large quantity of C-4 (explosive)|C-4 and other explosives, rocking the base with another series of detonations. PAVN forces, however,52 KB (8,496 words) - 01:01, 8 April 2024
- ...c pressure waves resulting from surface or atmospheric nuclear or chemical explosives. Explosions produce pressure waves that can be detected by measuring phase75 KB (10,990 words) - 12:11, 31 March 2024