Explosives
Victims’ Families Walk ‘Route of Death’ in Bosnia’s Kalinovik
The 30th anniversary of crimes committed against Bosniaks by Bosnian Serb forces in the Kalinovik area was commemorated on Sunday by families of the victims and people who survived the killings in June 1992.
60 years ago the USSR tests the “Tsar Bomba” (video)
The blast was more powerful than 50 million tons of TNT & was felt hundreds of miles away!
Death Toll after Terrorist Attack in Kabul Reached 90
Explosions hit Kabul airport on Thursday, killed some 90 people - among them 13 US military personnel.
The US service members killed in the attack included 10 Marines and one Navy medic, news agency AP reported quoting two US officials.
At least 150 people were also wounded in the attack, which the so-called Islamic State group says it was behind.
Powerful Blast Rocks Ammunition Plant in Cacak, Serbia
A series of explosions rocked an ammunition plant's facilities in the Serbian town of Cacak in the early hours of Friday morning, but there were no reports of casualties, local media said.
Large cache of explosives found on Ionian island
A large amount of explosive material was found by the police on the island of Zakynthos on Friday in the village of Keri.
More specifically, 800 kilos of ammonium dynamite was found and confiscated. The material was stored in a small room in the basement of an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of the village.
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Post-War Kosovo Becomes Hub for Mine-Clearance Expertise
Yugoslav-era mines lie scattered across the ground in an area marked off with sticks. In the middle of the area, the remains of a dead animal can be seen.
To the left, another zone is marked as 'contaminated' with unexploded ordnance, although no mines are visible to the eye. Instead they are covered by vegetation, even deadlier than if they were in plain sight.
London Neighbourhood Evacuated over a Bomb
The unexploded bomb is found in an area with many shops, restaurants, bars and offices
British police have isolated one of the busiest parts of central London after an unexploded WWII bomb was discovered at a construction site.
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Police destroy explosive device outside precinct in Zografou
Members of the Greek Police's (ELAS) bomb disposal unit on Monday used a controlled explosion to destroy a homemade explosive device that was found outside a police precinct in Zografou, eastern Athens.
The device had been placed inside a metal pipe which was inside a box placed on a wall opposite the precinct. It contained nails and had a timer, according to police sources.
Turkey destroys 40 mines, 227 explosives in northern Syria
Turkish security forces have destroyed 40 mines and 227 improvised explosives in its anti-terror operation in northern Syria, the country's National Defense Ministry said on Oct. 24.
Investigation under way into missing materiel from Leros navy base
A team from the police's counter-terrorism unit was dispatched to the southeastern Aegean island of Leros on Tuesday morning to lead an investigation into the disappearance of military equipment from a navy base.