sequence, also called an explosive train or a firing train, is a sequence of events that culminates in the detonation of explosives. For safety reasons, most...

An explosive (or explosive material) is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released...

is known as an explosive train, initiation sequence, or firing train. High explosives are conventionally subdivided into two explosives classes, differentiated...

explosive train before the shell detonates. In all four settings, the high explosive in the mortar shell is detonated by a cascading explosive train of...

compound or a parachute flare. Fuzes normally have two explosive components in their explosive train: a very small detonator (or primer) struck by a firing...

It was later reported that thirteen improvised explosive devices (IEDs) had been placed on the trains. Bomb disposal teams (TEDAX) arriving at the scenes...

Plastic explosive is a soft and hand-moldable solid form of explosive material. Within the field of explosives engineering, plastic explosives are also...

Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods are as follows: Explosives shipping classification system ADR Dangerous Goods, cited on 3 July 2015...

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...

Explosive detection is a non-destructive inspection process to determine whether a container contains explosive material. Explosive detection is commonly...

The Composition C family is a family of related US-specified plastic explosives consisting primarily of RDX. All can be moulded by hand for use in demolition...

Frangible nut, the counterpart of the explosive bolt U.S. Army Material Command Pamphlet 706-179 - 'Explosive Trains' (PDF). U.S. Army. 9 March 1965. p. 108...

safer secondary and tertiary explosives . Secondary and tertiary explosives are typically initiated by an explosives train starting with the detonator...

Bomb disposal is an explosives engineering profession using the process by which hazardous explosive devices are disabled or otherwise rendered safe. Bomb...

to Telegram channels, the bridge was blown up in two places via four explosive devices, of which two were placed on the bridge support and two on the...

RDX (Research Department Explosive or Royal Demolition Explosive) or hexogen, among other names, is an organic compound with the formula (CH2N2O2)3. It...

weapons and explosives. This explosive was checked by forensic labs in Rome and Florence, and proved to be the same as the one used on Train 904. On 9 January...

injuries, by a botched, crude "bucket bomb" with a timer containing the explosive chemical TATP. Police arrested the main suspect, 18-year-old Iraqi asylum...

a small amount of primary explosive to initiate the detonation. Fuzes for large explosive charges may include an explosive booster. Some professional...

A pressure cooker bomb is an improvised explosive device (IED) created by inserting explosive material into a pressure cooker and attaching a blasting...

A pipe bomb is an improvised explosive device (IED) that uses a tightly sealed section of pipe filled with an explosive material. The containment provided...

intentional, caused by modern high explosives, boiling liquid expanding vapour explosions (BLEVEs), older explosives such as gunpowder, volatile petroleum-based...

days after Merna's announcement. The character was killed off in an explosive train accident on 12 November 2014, with cast members and television critics...

recognizes those service members, qualified as explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians, who are specially trained to deal with the construction, deployment...

impact, the live bomb functioned effectively, validating the complete explosive train and proving operational readiness. The trials were conducted with the...

Explosives safety refers to the practices taken during the use of explosives to prevent injury or death. Explosives include chemicals such as TNT or dynamite...

become al-Qaeda. He became an explosives trainer for new recruits and would stay in Afghanistan after the war to train members of the newly formed Taliban...

the carriage's toilet, where a bomb using the explosive RDX had detonated. RDX is a military grade explosive which had been used in several terrorist attacks...

a modern military context, is a projectile whose payload contains an explosive, incendiary, or other chemical filling. Originally it was called a bombshell...

used in some explosives, as a fertilizer, and in rocket fuel. The Sunday Telegraph attributed the disaster to "the explosion of a train carrying ammonium...