Preview_Explosives Engineering Issue 1 2025

Issue 1

2025

Official Journal of the Institute of Explosives Engineers

EXPLOSIVES ENGINEERING

This Month’s Features: The Bombs Below the Woods Insights from a Specialist NATO Meeting The Invaluable Work of Felix Fund If you were responsible for the Defence budget for the next ten years…

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Contents

Features 6

Meet the Team Monday: Gareth Collett

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European Federation of Explosives Engineers

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The Bombs Below the Woods

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Fellows of The IExpE

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Insights from a Specialist NATO Meeting

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The Invaluable Work of Felix Fund

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If you were responsible for the Defence budget for the next ten years…

DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed in Explosives Engineering are those of the authors concerned. They do not necessarily represent the views of the Institute.

Front Cover: Image from The Invaluable Work of Felix Fund by Andy Oppenheimer. Read more on page 20.

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