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Selected Technologies and Procedures Intended to Restrict Unauthorized Access to Explosives--Bronislav V. Matseevich
Selected Technologies and Procedures Intended to Restrict Unauthorized Access to Explosives--Bronislav V. Matseevich
Pages 19-22
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The United States currently produces and consumes more than 3 million tons of civilian explosives annually, more than the amount used during the entire course of World War II by all countries on both sides. In the Soviet Union, the figures reached 2.3 million tons, with the portion lost to theft amounting to less than one-millionth of the total production volume.
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The audit begins with comparing orders from customer firms with inventory logs at the producing plants regarding shipments and utilization of these explosives. Without a special permit issued on the basis of such an audit, these substances cannot be shipped to customers, stored, or used.
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An example of such a unit is the modular-container complex for extracting TNT from 76–152-mm artillery shells and recovering TNT fragments at munitions storage facilities. The module consists of three or four 20-foot shipping containers, which can be moved by any means of transport and assembled in the course of 48 working hours.
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Therefore, the domestic policy of high-tech countries must support firms that are working to ensure accountability regarding explosives and related products, organizing product markings that would identify the manufacturer, mothballing explosive capacities in mine blasting zones, and creating less sensitive explosive substances and rapid, lightweight detectors for both explosives and narcotics. Other more reliable methods remain to be created.
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