Some recent July 4 adventures with fireworks reminded me that the explosives we celebrate with are nothing like the exhilarating explosives experience offered by the Army. Take the simple grenade.
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. (May 16, 2012) -- As far as the design of the basic hand grenade goes, essentially it has been frozen in time. The first pull-pin design with a lever and delayed fuze dates ...