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    HMX, also called octogen, is a powerful and relatively insensitive nitroamine high explosive chemically related to RDX. The compound's name is the subject...
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    Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron responsible for the transportation of the president and vice...
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  • HMX is an explosive. HMX may also refer to: Harmonix Music Systems, a video game developer Hmong–Mien languages, spoken in China and Southeast Asia Kasson...
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    presidential transport helicopter operated by Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1) "Nighthawks", consisting of either the large new VH-92A Patriot and smaller...
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    Proto-language Proto-Hmong–Mien Subdivisions Hmongic (Miao) Mienic (Yao) Language codes ISO 639-5 hmx Glottolog hmon1336 Distribution of Hmong-Mien languages...
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    consisting of HMX and TNT in different weight proportions. Two formulations are commonly used: 70% HMX & 30% TNT 75% HMX & 25% TNT Given that HMX has a much...
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  • RDX embedded in polystyrene with diisooctyl phthalate (DEHP) plasticizer. HMX compositions with teflon-based binders were developed in 1960s and 1970s...
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    better oxidizer-to-fuel ratio than conventional HMX or RDX. It releases 20% more energy than traditional HMX-based propellants. In the 1980s, CL-20 was developed...
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  • moniker. His past bands are Freezepop, Splashdown, Larkspur, and Sirensong. DJ HMX, Komputer Kontroller, and Cosmonaut Zero were alias bands of Crooker used...
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    propellants containing HMX are not used in commercial launch vehicles except when the LV is an adapted ballistic missile already containing HMX propellant (Minotaur...
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    cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX) if the plant uses TNT/RDX mixtures, or HMX if TNT/HMX is used. Red water (also known as "Sellite water") is produced during...
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  • Dance Central is a 2010 rhythm game developed by Harmonix and published by MTV Games for the Xbox 360 Kinect. It is the first installment in the Dance...
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    Quantico, Virginia. It was commissioned in 1919 and is currently home to HMX-1, the squadron that flies the President of the United States. The airfield...
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  • Commanding Officer and Executive Officer, Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1) Commanding Officer and Executive Officer, Naval Support Facility Thurmont...
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    and has been run by the Navy ever since. Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1) was created in 1957 when President Dwight D. Eisenhower was vacationing...
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    as an explosive. Chemically, it is classified as a nitroamine alongside HMX, which is a more energetic explosive than TNT. It was used widely in World...
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  • the HMX, RDX and PETN explosives at Al Qa'qaa. Charles Duelfer, a member of the UNSCOM inspections team in Iraq, urges the destruction of these HMX, RDX...
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  • particularly suitable for use in shaped charges. It normally consists of 95% HMX phlegmatized with 5% wax. It has a density of 1.761 to 1.813 grams per cubic...
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  • detonated, release gases like the aforementioned (e.g., nitroglycerin, TNT, HMX, PETN, nitrocellulose). An explosive is classified as a low or high explosive...
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  • RDX HMX ETN PETN C-4 Other suitable Binary explosives main charge Examples of main charges are TNT Composition B Pentolite Baratol Amatol PLX HMX ETN...
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    controversy concerns the possible removal of about 377 tonnes of high explosives (HMX and RDX) from the Al Qa'qaa facility by the Iraqi insurgency, after the 2003...
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    launch tube) 28 kg (firing unit) 52 kg (total) Length 1.38 or 1.52 m Warhead HMX in a non-tandem shaped charge HEAT warhead (at least 500 mm RHAe penetration...
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  • manufactures Research Department Explosive (RDX) and High Melting Explosive (HMX) for ammunition production and development. It is a government-owned and...
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  • Hawaiian Pacific Airlines United States defunct HKR Hawk Air AIR HAW Argentina HMX Hawk De Mexico HAWK MEXICO Mexico BH Hawkair Canada defunct since 2016 HKI...
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    to phlegmatize more sensitive explosives such as RDX (to form Cyclotol), HMX (to form Octol), or PETN (to form Pentolite). Other typical phlegmatizing...
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    including Camp David, and the Marines of the Executive Flight Detachment of HMX-1 provide helicopter transport to the President and Vice President, with...
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    the HR2S-1 "Deuce" began in July 1956 to Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1), with a total of sixty aircraft being produced. The United States Army...
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  • a former member of the band Freezepop. Some of his aliases include: DJ HMX (HMX standing for Harmonix, the game's developer), Symbion Project, and Komputer...
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  • "Chemical Explosives". Fas.org. 2008-05-30. Retrieved 2010-05-07. Nitroglycerin HMX Kinney, G.F.; K.J. Graham (1985). Explosive shocks in air. Springer-Verlag...
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  • qualification on-going for 81mm mortar, 60mm & 120mm to follow PAX-48 DNAN + NTO + HMX Comp B Mortar and tank ammunition Material qualified; Type qualification...
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