PETN, or Pentaerythritol tetranitrate, is one of the most powerful and lethal explosives known to man. It has gained ...

This is a common high explosive used by the military and for demolition projects. Note: 307 U.S. Marines were killed in Beirut in 1983 when terrorists detonated a truck bomb filled with PETN at a ...

Justin Chapman Fisher could face a term of two to four years in prison if convicted on an explosives charge, according to court records.

In previous work, the team detected explosives like tetryl, PETN and TNT through the air, as well as drugs like fentanyl, ...