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electric detonator

electric detonator

[i¦lek·trik ′det·ən‚ād·ər]
(engineering)
A detonator ignited by a fuse wire which serves to touch off the primer.
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KARACHI -- Three members of banned outfits were arrested by PIB and Jamshed Quarter Police and recovered two handgrenade, one Kilashinkov, two pistols of 30 bore with rounds, electric detonator material and detonating card from them.
During the raid, police recovered two hand grenades, one Kalashnikov, two pistols of 30 bore with rounds, electric detonator material and detonating card from their possession.
Executing a search warrant, police found in Iosif's house a standard detonator, a factory-assembled electric detonator, 12 electric matches, two slow-burning fuses, and a remote-controlled electronic detonator.
The liquid charge and plastic charges used to be detonated by the electric detonator, which would bring fragments and a jet load.
It added that the second bomb was a gas canister filled with 10 kilograms of explosives, tied to an electric detonator and works by a remote control detonation device.
The team managed to dismantle an explosive device weighing 500 grams was equipped with an electric detonator ,a stopwatch ,a telephone and two 9-volt batteries with electronic cells and planted beneath a gas tank next to the dining hall at the military police, head of the experts team elaborated.
This is the electric detonator to which you connect the two wires.
She said: "This type of firework has to be let off by an electric detonator because it does not have the normal fuse which would allow you to get away to a safe distance.
Interior Minister Alfonso Ferrufino said that "threatened" state buildings and agencies were in a state of emergency, and he lamented that "one can acquire a stick of dynamite for 50 centavos of a boliviano (less than US$0.01) on the black market and an electric detonator (like the one Picachuri used) for US$0.50." Metal detectors at government buildings will be a first step in preventing more incidents like this one, reported papers in La Paz.
Police raided the farm and found two guns and bullets in addition to an electric detonator and a large amount of money.
He was accused of possessing 980lbs of explosive mixture, a timer power unit, an electric detonator and two improvised booster tubes with intent to endanger life on April 2.
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