Hundred of bombs detonated in the open air (and several more in the ocean) during the heyday of atmospheric nuclear testing — with thousands more tests conducted underground. (businessinsider.com)
As Tulaczyk watched the Herc on Jan. 17, 2013, the lake remained a mere silhouette pieced together from noisy geophysical measurements involving radar, lasers shot down from satellites and the seismic echoes of shock waves released by explosives detonated in shallow holes in the ice. (discovermagazine.com)
Earlier this week 28 people were killed in Sri Lanka when a female suicide bomber detonated explosives strapped to her body in a crowd of people looking to escape the fighting. (politics.co.uk)