Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2018, 20(2):23-27 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2018.2.23-27

Comparison of the Efficacy of Homemade and Industrially Made ANFO Explosives as an Improvised Explosive Device Charge

Lucia Figuli1, Vladimir Kavicky2, Stefan Jangl1, Zuzana Zvakova1
1 Faculty of Security Engineering, University of Zilina, Slovakia
2 Ministry of Defence of the Slovakia

More than 95 % of all the terrorist attacks are carried out using the ANFO explosives. The ANFO explosives are explosives made from ammonium nitrate and fuel oil. They can be in three different variants (ammonium nitrate with oil, ammonium nitrate with oil and aluminium powder or ammonium nitrate with oil and TNT). This paper describes analysis of the field test results of ANFO explosives of different types. The efficacy of industrially made and the homemade ANFO explosives is compared and their possible usage in terrorist attacks for the treatment or the damage of critical infrastructure elements is described.

Keywords: ANFO explosives; field tests; homemade explosives; industrially made explosives; explosive device charge; critical infrastructure

Published: June 30, 2018  Show citation

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Figuli, L., Kavicky, V., Jangl, S., & Zvakova, Z. (2018). Comparison of the Efficacy of Homemade and Industrially Made ANFO Explosives as an Improvised Explosive Device Charge. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 20(2), 23-27. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2018.2.23-27
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