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Record 1 2005-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Demolition (Military)
CONT

There was a little firing, but at a long range. A good deal of damage had been done to the line, and by good luck the train had passed over a dynamite cartridge without exploding it.

CONT

Each mailbox contained a bomb made of four sticks of dynamite and a detonator wired to a cheap pocket watch.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Destruction (Militaire)
CONT

Par exemple, une sphère de la taille d'une orange constituée d'uranium, produit une explosion équivalant à la détonation d'environ 20 000 tonnes de trinitrotoluène (TNT), le produit utilisé dans la fabrication de bâtons de dynamite.

Spanish

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