Iowa ammunition plant shut down over removal of explosive chemical

The Iowa Army Ammunition Plant is shut down to safely remove highly explosive lead azide, a chemical used in munitions, the U.S. Army reveals.
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The US is finally going to make a key explosive at home, and that's good news for the military

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's been decades since the US made TNT, a key ingredient for munitions, on American soil. But a new US Army contract for a TNT ...
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TNT: US revives world’s most powerful non-nuclear explosive production after 4 decades

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US Army will begin producing locally manufactured Trinitrotoluene (TNT), often regarded as the world’s most powerful ...
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Underwater explosion destroys hundreds of WWII-era shells off Okinawa

URUMA CITY, Okinawa — Japanese troops exploded 461 U.S.-made shells off the coast on Thursday, the latest in a continuing stream of World War II leftovers that turn up on the former island ...