The Boston bombing probe might have been helped if the explosives were marked with microscopic identifiers called taggants. But the technology has long been off-limits, thanks to the National Rifle ...

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A single artillery round takes several kilograms of gunpowder to propel the projectile out of the barrel and provide it with the necessary velocity. The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have caused ...

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