An effective explosive needs a high proportion of oxidizing groups such as nitro groups.
The chief logistical problem for the cell was procuring the 200kg of explosive needed to make the bombs.
It is over 100 years old.A good explosive needs to be extremely powerful but not too sensitive to avoid its being detonated accidentally, such as by dropping it.
Never again would I compromise so profoundly the explosive needs of my heart, for the seemingly sensible worries of my mind.
Nuclear safety, disposal of radioactive wastes, and proliferation of nuclear explosives need to be addressed in an effective and credible way if the necessary public support is to be obtained.
Then they warned that the North was experimenting with the conventional explosives needed to ignite a nuclear explosion -- further evidence of intent to produce weapons.
The atomic energy agency is concerned that Iranian scientists at Parchin may have once conducted tests of specialized explosives needed to detonate nuclear warheads on ballistic missiles.
Even with explosives, he said, the job would be difficult, given the large amount of explosives needed to sever one of the cables and the access a terrorist would need to get the explosives near a cable.
The report said Iran had constructed a large containment vessel there in 2000 that was designed to conduct tests on explosives needed to start the kind of reaction that could set off a nuclear bomb.
