ABSTRACT
Last night the United States dropped four 2,000-pound bombs on Saddam Hussein. I don’t know anything about explosives, but my Heavens, do those things even need to explode?
David Letterman The Late Show, 2003
In modern societies, the risk of explosive incidents is signicant. Beyond military applications, numerous businesses manufacture, transport, and use low and high explosives in daily operations (i.e., mining and demolition). In addition, explosives continue to be the weapon of choice for terrorists worldwide-of all the weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, explosive) reportedly used, the most commonly used, by far, are explosive devices.
