Federal agents have launched an investigation into claims that high-powered explosives have gone missing from a Marine Corps training installation in California. About 10 pounds of composition C-4 ...

Plastic explosives, grenades were recovered from the Beech Avenue home once owned by a former military demolitions instructor, said authorities ...

Under complex temperature variations, the irreversible thermal expansion of polymer-bonded explosives (PBXs) containing 1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene (TATB) leads to diminished shape stability.

Complex fabrication procedures and heterogeneous components contribute to the varied microstructures of PBX materials, including voids or pores, cracks, material interfaces, and micro-strains.

MIAMI (AP) – The Port of Miami was hit by its second terrorism scare in two days Monday when a package that was to be loaded onto a cruise ship tested positive for plastic explosives. Authorities ...

Explosives are typically used in mining, quarrying, demolition, earth-moving and military applications. Those who use them make decisions based on factors like: Description: A white explosive powder ...

a For additional listings of explosives considered important in forensic investigations, see TWGFEX: The Technical Working Group for Fire and Explosions, http://www ...

Two different kinds of taggants are commonly discussed. Detection taggants are materials added to explosives that can be sensed (pre-blast) by an associated detection instrument. Identification ...

The State Police bomb squad and federal law enforcement agencies responded to Rowley Thursday afternoon to detonate explosives found buried in a box in the woods off Route 1, according to local police ...

The use of plastic explosives in WWII was widespread, given how easy they were to transport and form. Here, an OSS agent recounts a near-fatal attempt to make bread ...