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Most explosive detection methods require scientists to run them. The new method developed at the University of California San Diego however is very intuitive, meaning it's pretty much fool-proof, portable and able to detect traces of nitrogen-based explosives in very short amounts of time. Samples can be tested ... |
26 May 2008
04:36 GMT |
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Composition 4, or more commonly known as C-4, is a plastic explosive widely used in civil and military applications, which gained popularity as being extremely stable and due to publicity through films and video games. The term 'Composition' is associated to stable explosives, for example, Composition A, Co... |
19 April 2008
05:04 GMT |
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Who else needs explosives most, except the army? Well, many people do if you ask me, except most of them will never get their hands on them. And after the developing of this new small copper structure by Georgia Tech Research Institute, it might not matter anymore if you have the explosive or not, as long as you can... |
19 December 2007
09:57 GMT |
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Explosives like urea nitrate are like cocaine or heroine: they leave traces. Urea nitrate is an extremely powerful home made explosive, often used by Palestinian terrorists on their explosive belts in Israel, and was also the material employed in the first World Trade Center bombing in New York in 1993. It can be pr... |
2 November 2007
05:53 GMT |
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If the MOAB (Massive Ordnance Air Burst) is the "mother of all bombs", the newly tested Russian bomb is the "father of all bombs". The Russian air force has just tested a huge fuel-air bomb which is the biggest non-nuclear explosive device ever produced. A Tupolev-160 "Blackjack" supersonic bomber dropped the bomb ov... |
13 September 2007
06:51 GMT |
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The terrorist attacks have made the whole world see the real threat of international terrorism in a different light. Researchers from many countries have concentrated their efforts on the development of methods and special equipment by means of which it will be possible to detect explosive objects in advance or to ... |
2 July 2007
05:03 GMT |
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It's called MOAB Massive Ordnance Air Blast, or GBU-43/B, but the most familiar description is Mother Of All Bombs. This is truly the most powerful non-nuclear weapon ever designed and is only delivered by a Lockheed C-130 Hercules, the main tactical carrier for many military forces worldwide. The result of a t... |
29 June 2007
11:22 GMT |
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A thermobaric bomb is an unusual type of explosive, that doesn't incorporate oxygen molecules, thus requiring atmospheric oxygen. Sometimes called fuel-air explosives, the name comes from Greek and literally means "heat" and "pressure."The most interesting thing about this bomb is the fact that it actually prod... |
26 June 2007
11:23 GMT |
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An explosion is a sudden increase in volume and release of energy in a violent manner, usually with the generation of high temperatures and the release of gases. Well, that's nice to know, but what are the most effective explosives, besides the nuclear bomb?TNTTrinitrotoluene is best known as a useful explosive... |
23 June 2007
07:15 GMT |
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The future of air combat will make the classical dogfight obsolete. The times of air aces like the Red Baron - the most successful fighter pilot of f World War I, credited with 80 confirmed air combat victories - are gone, and the next flying aces will be unmanned drones, hunting and killing ground enemies while bein... |
22 June 2007
10:45 GMT |
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Scientists imagined that giant whales can live up to 80 years. This has proven wrong: a 50-ton bowhead whale recently captured off the Alaskan coast in May had a weapon fragment embedded in its neck revealing survival to a similar hunt over a century ago.Under the whale's blubber a 3½-inch (9 cm) arrow-shaped pr... |
13 June 2007
04:26 GMT |
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TNT is the abbreviation for Trinitrotoluene, a highly explosive chemical compound, best known for its convenient handling properties. Its explosive yield is considered the standard measure of strength of bombs and other explosives.It is a common misconception that TNT and dynamite are the same applications, or that... |
5 June 2007
17:06 GMT |
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An incendiary bomb is used to start fires or destroy sensitive equipment using materials such as napalm, thermite, chlorine trifluoride, or white phosphorus. Napalm is the most known incendiary material, although the name is improperly used to describe the incendiary substance itself, when in fact it's only the... |
4 June 2007
11:17 GMT |
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It's hard to believe, but New Zealanders are the most likely to search for bomb making recipes on the Internet, in the whole world. That's what a leading counter-terrorism expert said at a security conference in Sydney yesterday.They use the most popular internet search engine, Google, to learn how to make... |
4 June 2007
08:12 GMT |
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Twenty years ago, most people didn't have any idea what C-4 was. Recently, it has become an all-too-familiar term, popping up in newspapers and on television all the time. C-4, is one of the many varieties of plastic explosives. The basic functioning principle of all plastic explosives, also called plastic bond... |
4 April 2007
10:52 GMT |
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