When high explosives are subjected to sudden shock waves, such as from an impact or detonation, tiny regions of intense heat—called hot spots—form at microstructural defects such as pores. These hot ...

The New Orleans truck attacker built two bombs using what investigators believe was an explosive so powerful that they could have sprayed shrapnel hundreds of yards and potentially killed or wounded ...

Shamsud-Din Jabbar prepares to leave a second improvised explosive device inside a cooler at Bourbon and Toulouse streets in New Orleans on Jan. 1. The New Orleans truck attacker built two bombs using ...

Three companies have secured positions on a potential five-year, $99.5 million contract to help the U.S. Army load, assemble and pack 60- and 81-millimeter high-explosive mortar cartridges. The Army ...

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems has secured a $727.8 million contract from the U.S. Army for the procurement of 120mm Insensitive Munition High Explosive with Tracer tank ammunition ...

Could a single regulatory gap leave tens of thousands of pounds of high explosives without a safety inspection? At Accurate Energetic Systems’ Building 602 in Humphreys County, Tennessee, that gap ...

Explosives have legitimate applications in agriculture, industry, and the military. Legitimate chemicals are particularly dangerous and require regulation because of their potential for misuse by ...