The first two were carrying an obviously very heavy canvas strap of explosives - similar to the one that Branson had earlier demonstrated on TV.

Newer generation air bags contain nitroguanidine or similar less sensitive explosives.

At the same time due to his placement in the military secret service, he was in charge of investigations into finds of similar explosives.

At one point on Monday, the jury was shown a video of a similar explosive made by government scientists being detonated successfully.

They also discover that a similar explosive was found on the U.S.S Benjamin Franklin stationed in Naples, Italy.

Dynamite and similar explosives were widely adopted for civil engineering tasks, such as in drilling highway and railroad tunnels, for mining, for clearing farmland of stumps, in quarrying, and in demolition work.

Arms Trade to Stop Mr. Havel said Czechoslovakia would propose that all countries manufacturing similar industrial explosives treat them with chemical markers that would make them readily identifiable through airport sensing devices.

The possible existence of a fifth attempted bomber has previously been a matter of debate among investigators pondering the significance of an abandoned package of explosives similar to those that failed to detonate on July 21.

Federal investigators are looking into the theft of a quarter-ton of explosives similar to the volatile mixture used in the Oklahoma City bombing last April.

At the time of his arrest, a rental car driven by him was found with 3 similar explosives inside.