TATB (1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene) is an important explosive compound because of its extensive use in munitions and worldwide weapons systems. Despite its importance, researchers have been ...

A real estate agent prepping for an estate sale stumbled upon a 2.5-foot high explosive anti-tank rocket (H.E.A.T rocket) sitting inside the home’s closet. “We’re talking about a high energy device ...

Two people were injured in an incident the High Explosive Research and Development Facility aboard Eglin Air Force Base.

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

Safe and effective high explosives are critical to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) mission of stockpile stewardship. It is relatively simple to study the composition of such material ...

The Israeli spy agency Mossad allegedly intercepted Hezbollah’s shipment of new pagers months ago and rigged them with high explosives — resulting in the stunning ...

The rapid, violent detonation of a high explosive (HE) generates supersonic shock waves that transfer energy by moving mass. According to Livermore physicist John Molitoris, trying to gather data on ...

The mystery behind why the world’s first high explosive, fulminating gold, produces a purple smoke when it detonates has been solved, finally resolving a 400-year-old alchemical puzzle.