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The first professional civilian bomb squad was established by Sir Vivian Dering Majendie. [1] As a Major in the Royal Artillery, Majendie investigated an explosion on 2 October 1874 in the Regent's Canal, when the barge 'Tilbury', carrying six barrels of petroleum and five tons of gunpowder, blew up, killing the crew and destroying Macclesfield Bridge and cages at nearby London Zoo.
Explosive generated shock waves and their effects on materials; Safety testing of explosives; Analysis and engineering of rock blasting for mining; Design and analysis of shaped charges and reactive armor; Design, analysis and application of military explosives such as grenades, mines, shells, aerial bombs, missile warheads, etc. Bomb disposal
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An explosive weapon generally uses high explosive to project blast and often fragmentation from a point of detonation. Explosive weapons may be subdivided by their method of manufacture into explosive ordnance and improvised explosive devices . When explosive weapons fail to function as designed they are often left as unexploded ordnance.
Several grenades and land mines on display in Hanoi. An explosive weapon is a weapon that uses an explosive to project blast and/or fragmentation from a point of detonation.. In the common practice of states, explosive weapons are generally the preserve of the military, for use in situations of armed conflict, and are rarely used for purposes of domestic policing.
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An explosive device is a device that relies on the exothermic reaction of an explosive material to provide a violent release of energy. [1] Applications of explosive devices include: Building implosion ; Excavation; Explosive forming; Explosive welding; Mining of minerals; Murder. Assassination; Riot control; Terrorism; War; Types of explosive ...
The scale of certain military engineering feats, such as the construction of a double-wall of fortifications 30 miles (48 km) long, in just 6 weeks to completely encircle the besieged city of Alesia in 52 B.C.E., is an example. Such military engineering feats would have been completely new, and probably bewildering and demoralizing, to the ...