By Ann Roosevelt The long search for "insensitive" munitions to replace TNT that don't detonate when they are dropped, fired into or set off by a nearby detonating round may be coming to an end, with BAE Systems' development of a new family of explosives that only detonate as mission-required. The Army has approved the [Insensitive Munition Explosive] IMX-101, as the first safer and effective alternative to replace TNT in artillery. It is slated as a TNT replacement for the…
Army Approves Safer, Effective Artillery Shell–Replacing TNT
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