Romania's military detonated explosives in the Danube's Bala Canal to redirect water to a nuclear plant as a record-low drought threatens Europe's power.

Rather than using the homemade dynamite products of the 19th and 20th centuries, modern blasting technicians use emulsion-based explosives such as hydromite, which uses a blend of ammonium nitrate to provide detonation velocity and gas volume.

McEWEN, Tenn. (AP) — A massive blast at a Tennessee explosives plant that killed 16 people, leveled the building and was felt more than 20 miles away began in an area where workers used kettles to produce a mixture of explosives and set off other ...

A student watches an explosive ordnance disposal demonstration during counterterrorism training at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, on Dec. 16, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Sarah K. Anwar) Figure 2: Total Terrorist Incidents, and Incidents and Fatalities ...

The business of explosives is thriving in Western countries, as governments unleash spending to bring production home.

Rescue teams in southwestern China ‌used explosives on Monday to blast through heavy boulders hampering efforts to reach 34 people reported missing for three days after a landslide during torrential rain in an area famed for natural beauty.

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 spots play a critical role in determining whether the ...

The Antioch Police Department — along with the Walnut Creek Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — served a search warrant at 10 a.m. in the 4000 block of Royal Links Circle, according to Lt. Bill Whitaker.

A Chinese man has been sentenced to more than 44 years in prison after the Pattaya Provincial Court convicted him of possessing war weapons, explosives and restricted military equipment, including C4 explosives.