Author: William Waugh AdamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Explosives
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Production of Industrial Explosives in the United States
Author: William Waugh AdamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Explosives
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Reducing the Threat of Improvised Explosive Device Attacks by Restricting Access to Explosive Precursor Chemicals
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309464072
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are a type of unconventional explosive weapon that can be deployed in a variety of ways, and can cause loss of life, injury, and property damage in both military and civilian environments. Terrorists, violent extremists, and criminals often choose IEDs because the ingredients, components, and instructions required to make IEDs are highly accessible. In many cases, precursor chemicals enable this criminal use of IEDs because they are used in the manufacture of homemade explosives (HMEs), which are often used as a component of IEDs. Many precursor chemicals are frequently used in industrial manufacturing and may be available as commercial products for personal use. Guides for making HMEs and instructions for constructing IEDs are widely available and can be easily found on the internet. Other countries restrict access to precursor chemicals in an effort to reduce the opportunity for HMEs to be used in IEDs. Although IED attacks have been less frequent in the United States than in other countries, IEDs remain a persistent domestic threat. Restricting access to precursor chemicals might contribute to reducing the threat of IED attacks and in turn prevent potentially devastating bombings, save lives, and reduce financial impacts. Reducing the Threat of Improvised Explosive Device Attacks by Restricting Access to Explosive Precursor Chemicals prioritizes precursor chemicals that can be used to make HMEs and analyzes the movement of those chemicals through United States commercial supply chains and identifies potential vulnerabilities. This report examines current United States and international regulation of the chemicals, and compares the economic, security, and other tradeoffs among potential control strategies.
Containing the Threat from Illegal Bombings
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309061261
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
In response to the rising concern of the American public over illegal bombings, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms asked the National Research Council to examine possible mechanisms for reducing this threat. The committee examined four approaches to reducing the bombing threat: addition of detection markers to explosives for pre-blast detection, addition of identification taggants to explosives for post-blast identification of bombers, possible means to render common explosive materials inert, and placing controls on explosives and their precursors. The book makes several recommendations to reduce the number of criminal bombings in this country.
Minerals Yearbook
Author: Geological SurveyPublisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9781411337077
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1078
Book Description
This volume, covering metals and minerals, contains chapters on approximately 90 commodities. In addition, this volume has chapters on mining and quarrying trends and on statistical surveying methods used by Minerals Information, plus a statistical summary.
Minerals Yearbook
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780160485640
Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 998
Book Description
Information Circular
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Toxicological Profile for RDX
Author: Minerals Yearbook
Author: Geological SurveyPublisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9781411342538
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1060
Book Description
This volume, covering metals and minerals, contains chapters on approximately 90 commodities. In addition, this volume has chapters on mining and quarrying trends and on statistical surveying methods used by Minerals Information, plus a statistical summary.
Information Circular
Author: United States. Bureau of MinesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
Industrial Reference Service
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : International trade
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
Book Description