31. An investigative team was analyzing whether the explosion was caused by conventional explosives, natural gas or chemicals, including drug components, Giles said. 32. Despite fears that some might carry biological or chemical warheads, all were armed with conventional explosives. 33. During the war, the missiles fired by Iraq carried only warheads with conventional explosives. 34. In the tests, plutonium is blasted with conventional explosives not quite strong enough to set off the self-sustaining nuclear reaction that constitutes an atomic explosion. 35. It uses a conventional explosive, even dynamite stolen from a construction site, to disperse radioactive material. 36. Not to be confused with a nuclear explosion, a dirty bomb is a device that uses conventional explosives to disperse radioactive material. 37. Not capable of producing a nuclear explosion, a dirty bomb would use conventional explosives to spread radioactive material over a wide area and make it uninhabitable. 38. Radiological weapons are made with nuclear material, combined with conventional explosives, and spread radiation without creating a nuclear blast. 39. Still, the torpedo compartment where Kuzminykh was holed up did contain conventional explosives, Interfax reported. 40. Still, the torpedo compartment where Kuzminykh was holed up did contain conventional explosives, the Interfax news agency reported. |