The compounds that Andrew Hallock made at home were extremely explosive. Acetone peroxide: This explodes with a force of up to 27,000 feet per second. It is made of materials available through retail ...

This is the third in a series of periodic articles dealing with the constantly changing field of response to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) incidents. New technology, procedures, protective ...

Acetone peroxide, the explosive reportedly used by the London bombers last week, is a favoured weapon of suicide bombers in the Middle East. Anyone with a good high-school knowledge of chemistry and ...

Investigators suspect unstable TATP, `Mother of Satan` explosive, may have triggered the deadly Red Fort car blast.

British authorities now believe the bombs used in the London attack were of a homemade variety and are similar to the one Richard Reid was carrying when he tried to blow up a plane in 2001. British ...

Explosive materialAcetone peroxide, the explosive reportedly used by the London bombers last week, is a favoured weapon of suicide bombers in the Middle East. Anyone with a good high-school knowledge ...

Terrorists like acetone peroxide because it’s the rare explosive that doesn’t contain nitrogen, the key ingredients bomb detectors search for. It’s also cheap, easy to make at home and so unstable ...

The bombs that mercifully fizzled in London yesterday may have been put together with common chemicals to make a concoction known to terrorists as the Mother of Satan because of its unpredictability.

Aug. 11, 2006 — -- It was a different kind of terror plot, as devious as it was dangerous. The terrorists wouldn't board with bombs. They would board with ...

Earlier, it was revealed that triacetone triperoxide (TATP), also known as acetone peroxide, was found inside the Hyundai i20 ...