Soft but dangerous. Semtex in the Czech Republicby Brian Whitmore SEMTIN, Czech Republic–It looks like a brick, feels like Play-Doh, and could blow a Boeing 747 right out of the sky. And as Miroslav Stancl carefully picked up and gently squeezed a replica of the Czech Republic’s most lethal and controversial export, a deadly explosive called Semtex, he was painfully […]

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