The following year he spoke about how he survived after the vehicle he was in was hit by an improvised explosive device or IED, with the force of the blast snapping a couple of the machine guns in half.

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His decision to ban all nuclear tests would preclude the U.S. from conducting even extremely low-yield tests (for example, those that produce as little of a blast as the equivalent of four pounds of high explosive) as part of the nuclear stockpile stewardship program.

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Police defused a second explosive device in the city centre, which was seriously damaged by the blast.

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The source said the tree -- located at the site of the second blast -- was removed along with the surrounding grate, where the explosive device's circuit board was found.

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Hitler escaped the full force of the blast when someone moved the briefcase next to a table leg, deflecting much of the explosive force.

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