Traces of explosives were found in the wreckage of one of the two airliners that went down in Russia earlier this week, indicating terrorism was the likely cause of the crash, Russian security ...

The FSB security service had already announced the discovery of traces of hexogen among the remains of one jet. Now it says the explosive has been found in the remains of the other. After finding ...

In addition, the explosive hexogen detected on plane parts is the same type that Russian officials reported being used in earlier attacks by Chechen separatists.

Hexogen, a highly sophisticated explosive also known as RDX and cyclonite, is a clear, easily concealed, military explosive with very limited commercial use. Less than a pound can bring down a plane.

Hexogen, when mixed with nitroglycerin, forms a plastic explosive similar to C4 and has been used by Chechen rebels in attacks on Russian soil in the past.

Hexogen is produced by only two factories in Russia, both of which are guarded by the FSB. An Islamic group calling themselves the Islambouli Brigades claimed responsibility for the crashes in a ...

The explosive remains the same: TGF-35P2, a mixture of TNT and phlegmatized hexogen, which was also used in the 50-kilogram warhead, but it did not have a cumulative effect.

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BAE Systems plans to build three new factories in the UK to produce explosives based on hexogen, used in 155mm shells for the British Army and other weaponry.

The British defense company BAE Systems will increase the production of artillery shells and increase the production of hexogen. In this way, the UK is going to get rid of dependence on supplies from ...