High explosives are explosive materials that detonate, meaning that the explosive shock front passes through the material at a supersonic speed.

High explosives detonate with explosive velocity rates ranging from 3 to 9 km / s.

The RPO-M for instance, has a thermobaric warhead with a TNT equivalence of of TNT and similar destructive capabilities as a 152 mm High explosive fragmentation artillery shell.

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* High explosive squash head

* High explosive squash head

High Explosive Incendiary / Armor Piercing Ammunition combines a tungsten carbide penetrator with an incendiary and explosive tip.

* High Explosive Plastic general purpose ammunition, US Army terminology, also called high explosive squash head ( HESH )

The Royal Engineers of 33 Engineer Regiment ( EOD ) provide EOD expertise for air dropped munitions in peace time and conventional munitions on operations, as well as battle area clearance and High Risk Search in support of improvised explosive device disposal.

The Sprenggranate 43 ( SpGr ) high-explosive round was available for soft targets, or the Hohlgranate or Hohlgeschoss 39 ( HlGr — HEAT or High explosive anti-tank warhead ) round, which had penetration at any range, could be used as a dual-purpose munition against soft or armored targets.

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* High explosive squash head-a type of explosive ammunition effective against buildings and armoured vehicles.

High explosive squash head ( HESH ) is a type of explosive ammunition that is effective against buildings and is also used against tank armour.

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High explosive anti-tank ( HEAT ) warheads are made of an explosive shaped charge that uses the Munroe effect to create a very high-velocity partial stream of metal in a state of superplasticity that can punch through solid armor.

* High explosive squash head

* High explosive anti-tank warhead

* High explosive incendiary ( HEI )

High pressure pressing can achieve density for the material very close to the theoretical crystal density of the base explosive material.

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A nearby site on High Down was employed in the testing of rockets for the British ICBM program.

Project HARP, short for High Altitude Research Project, was a joint project of the United States Department of Defense and Canada's Department of National Defence created with the goal of studying ballistics of re-entry vehicles at low cost ; whereas most such projects used expensive ( and failure-prone ) rockets, HARP used a non-rocket spacelaunch method based on a very large gun to fire the models to high altitudes and speeds.

Faget's short-lived " High Ride " proposal had suffered from comparisons with " Project Adam " at that time, but in August 1958 William Bland and Ronald Kolenkiewicz had returned to their preliminary designs for a cheap cluster of solid rockets to boost full-scale and full-weight model capsules above the atmosphere.

The High Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System ( HELLADS ), is a Counter-RAM system under development that will use a powerful ( 150 kW ) laser to shoot down missiles, rockets, and artillery shells.

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The Suebian language developed into Old High German, while the Angles and Jutes were among the speakers of Old Saxon.

Classicizing architectonic structure and decor all ' antica, in the " ancient mode ", became a fashionable way to frame a painted or bas-relief portrait, or protect an expensive and precious mirror during the High Renaissance ; Italian precedents were imitated in France, then in Spain, England and Germany during the later 16th century.

The office of Admiral of England ( or Lord Admiral and later Lord High Admiral ) was created around 1400, though there were before this Admirals of the Northern and Western Seas.

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When the German motorized forces were met with a counterattack at Arras, British tanks with heavy armour ( Matilda I & IIs ) created a brief panic in the German High Command.

In following years, High Commissioners were gradually appointed, whose duties were soon recognised to be virtually identical to those of an ambassador.

Hussein learned of the agreement when it was leaked by the new Russian government in December 1917, but was satisfied by two disingenuous telegrams from Sir Reginald Wingate, High Commissioner of Egypt, assuring him that the British government's commitments to the Arabs were still valid and that the Sykes-Picot Agreement was not a formal treaty.

In large churches where they were celebrated the services were usually grouped ; e. g. Matins and Lauds ( about 7. 30 A. M .); Prime, Terce ( High Mass ), Sext, and None ( about 10 A. M .); Vespers and Compline ( 4 P. M .); and from four to eight hours ( depending on the amount of music and the number of high masses ) are thus spent in choir.

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The other judges were John Toohey QC, a former Justice of the High Court of Australia who had worked on Aboriginal issues ( he replaced New Zealander Sir Edward Somers QC, who retired from the Inquiry in 2000 for personal reasons ), and Mr Justice William Hoyt QC, former Chief Justice of New Brunswick and a member of the Canadian Judicial Council.

Translations into the vernacular were done by famous notables, including King Alfred ( Old English ), Jean de Meun ( Old French ), Geoffrey Chaucer ( Middle English ), Queen Elizabeth I ( Early Modern English ), and Notker Labeo ( Old High German ).

High resolution spectroscopic studies found that variations in the ion density, rotational velocity, and temperatures at the time of impact and afterwards were within the normal limits.

High taxes, mainly to pay the Army, were resented by the gentry.

While Amlaíb and Auisle were in north Britain, the Annals of Ulster record that Áed Findliath, High King of Ireland, took advantage of their absence to destroy the longphorts along the northern coasts of Ireland.

In 18th and 19th century Germany, several thousand local languages of the continental west Germanic dialect continuum were reclassified as dialects of modern New High German although the vast majority of them were ( and still are ) mutually incomprehensible, despite the fact that they all existed long before New High German, which had at least in part been shaped as a compromise or mediative language between these local languages.

Her performance of the song " Embraceable You " impressed Styne and his partner, Sammy Cahn and they recommended her for a role in Romance on the High Seas, which they were working on for Warner Brothers.