High Explosive Research (HER) was the British project to develop atomic bombs independently after the Second World War. This decision was taken by a cabinet...
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High explosive squash head (HESH) A high-explosive squash head (HESH), in British terminology, or a high-explosive plastic/plasticized (HEP), in American...
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speed of sound) are said to be "high explosives" and materials that deflagrate are said to be "low explosives". Explosives may also be categorized by their...
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High-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) is the effect of a shaped charge explosive that uses the Munroe effect to penetrate heavy armor. The warhead functions...
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RDX (redirect from Research Department Explosive)
RDX (abbreviation of "Research Department eXplosive" or Royal Demolition eXplosive) or hexogen, among other names, is an organic compound with the formula...
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Shell (projectile) (redirect from High-explosive fragmentation)
shell, in a military context, is a projectile whose payload contains an explosive, incendiary, or other chemical filling. Originally it was called a bombshell[citation...
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Thermobaric weapon (redirect from Fuel-air explosive)
vacuum bomb, is a type of explosive munition that works by dispersing an aerosol cloud of gas, liquid or powdered explosive. The fuel is usually a single...
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Reactive armour (redirect from Explosive reactive armour)
penetrators. The most common type is explosive reactive armour (ERA), but variants include self-limiting explosive reactive armour (SLERA), non-energetic...
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protein Hercules (constellation) Hydroxyethylrutoside, a flavonoid High Explosive Research, the British project to develop atomic bombs independently after...
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variety of the plastic explosive family known as Composition C, which uses RDX as its explosive agent. C-4 is composed of explosives, plastic binder, plasticizer...
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