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'''Explosives''' are used to create [[bombs]].
 
'''Explosives''' are used to create [[bombs]].
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=="Terror drills"==
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In 2016, the [[CIA]] was using ''real'' explosives as part of "[[terror drills]]" in [[schools]].<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/cia-left-explosive-material-on-loudoun-school-bus-after-training-exercise/2016/03/31/428f9824-f78d-11e5-a3ce-f06b5ba21f33_story.html</ref>
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==Different types==
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Determination of the ''type'' of explosive used in bombs can yield important evidence about who might have prepared the bomb. Militaries and [[spooks]] commonly use [[plastic explosive]].
 
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Explosives are used to create bombs.

"Terror drills"

In 2016, the CIA was using real explosives as part of "terror drills" in schools.[1]

Different types

Determination of the type of explosive used in bombs can yield important evidence about who might have prepared the bomb. Militaries and spooks commonly use plastic explosive.

 

Examples

Page nameDescription
C-4The most powerful non-nuclear explosive, supposedly very tightly controlled. However, in 1982 a long time CIA operative exported 20 tons, almost the entire US domestic stockpile, to Libya, and trained Muammar Gaddafi's forces how to use it for bomb making.
Nano-thermiteAn explosive which was found in the dust of the World Trade Center after September 11th, 2001.
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