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Take a look at the picture text. It says "ordinance" - not ordnance, which is the correct word.--JRed July 7, 2005 16:32 (UTC)

Does anyone know who so very rudely put the farting comment in the first sentence? I edited it out. Secos5 17:27, 11 April 2006 (UTC) Correction: IP address 67.189.164.148 was responsible. Secos5 17:30, 11 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Bomb holes. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 August 21#Bomb holes until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Steel1943 (talk) 23:34, 21 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Presently, the article includes this:

"Therefore, the pressure wave produced by a high explosive is not significantly increased by confinement as detonation occurs so quickly that the resulting plasma does not expand much before all the explosive material has reacted."

As a layman---i.e., someone who has never used high explosives---I'm not sure this is quite correct. I suppose, yes, that confinement is unnecessary if "confinement" be taken to mean some sort of artifact, e.g., a metal container or even a container made of heavy paper; but my sense is that a high explosive won't explode if it is not "confined" by, at least, the atmosphere, i.e., by atmospheric pressure. In fact, I wonder whether "detonation" of, say, nitroglycerin can occur if there is no surrounding air through which a shock wave can spread.

Don't know the answers. Am simply hoping someone who knows will address the questions.98.114.190.60 (talk) 98.114.190.60 (talk) 22:20, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]