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Former airman charged in pipe bomb explosion at Air Force facility

by Brian Seay

A former airman has been charged in connection with the explosion earlier this month outside of a Air Force Recruiting Station in Bixby, Oklahoma.

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Want to make some ballistic gel giggle? Just add blasting cap (VIDEO)

by Chris Eger

Richard and the FullMag channel inserted one perfectly good blasting cap into a dirty looking batch of ballistic gel and got one heck of a result.

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Marine who dove on grenade awarded Medal of Honor (VIDEO)

by Brent McCluskey

Marine Lance Corporal William “Kyle” Carpenter, who fell on a live grenade to shield his fellow Marines from the impending blast, was awarded the Medal of Honor Thursday for his heroic and selfless actions that fateful day in Afghanistan in 2010. Carpenter, now 24, was seriously wounded from the explosion. He lost most of his […]

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Buried WWI bomb explodes, kills two Belgian construction workers

by Brent McCluskey

A buried bomb from World War I exploded Wednesday and killed two Belgian construction workers and injured two more on an industrial site at the former Flanders battlegrounds in Ypres. The shell, or possible grenade, is believed to be from the Great War. It is unclear what caused the ordinance to blow up as there […]

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The moment a bomb detonates near Syrian children during interview (VIDEO)

by Brent McCluskey

An amateur videographer was interviewing a group of Syrian youngsters in a suburb outside of Damascus, asking them about their lives amidst a civil war when a bomb exploded nearby, Death and Taxes reports. The blast sent the kids diving to the ground. They quickly scrambled around a corner and the relative safety of behind […]

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Staring contest with a tank, tank wins after sending high explosive shell (VIDEO)

by Brent McCluskey

If you’ve ever wondered what it looks like to have a staring contest with a tank, now you know. With incredible control the tank swivels and lowers its massive cannon, aiming directly at the camera and affording the viewer an utterly unnerving viewpoint. Then, in a display of pure awesomeness, the tank fires, sending a […]

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