From Exploding Bullets Hidden In Enemy Ammo Crates To Fake Coal Packed With Explosives, armies have spent centuries looking ...

During wartime, thousands of rounds were secretly modified to create a devastating effect. Some were designed to exceed normal pressure limits by a massive margin. The goal was simple—but the impact ...

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A failed attempt at smuggling ammunition into Mexico ended with a car engulfed in flames at a truck stop in Rio Rico as bullets hidden under the hood began to explode, newly released reports show.

It had to be amputated, unbeknown to al-Zaieem, 22, who was unconscious at the time. “No one dared to tell him [when he woke up from the surgery]. I couldn’t,” said his cousin of the same name, who ...