Marking, Rendering Inert, and Licensing of Explosive Materials: Interim Report

by Committee on Marking Rendering Inert and Licensing of Explosive Materials

This book, a response to increased concern by the American public over illegal bombings, examines possible mechanisms for reducing this threat. The committee examined four approaches to reducing the bombing threat: addition of detection markers to explosives for preblast detection, addition of identification taggants to explosives for postblast identification of bombers, possible means of rendering common explosive materials inert, and placement of controls on explosives and their precursors. The book makes several recommendations to reduce the number of criminal bombings in this country.

38 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 1997