05/06/2011
... This is an example of our equipment in action:
The USACE uses SD-500 Radio Remote Controlled Blasting Machines for maximum stand off distance. The blasting machine fires an SD-88 Shock Tubing Initiator. The shock tubing ignition can be seen as horizontal lines flashing up to and between the larger explosions. The shock tubing ignites blasting caps, C-4 explosives and an explosive mixture buried into the levees .
The intentional breach of a levee on the Mississippi River is sending 396,000 cubic feet per second of water onto 200 square miles of fertile Missouri farmland. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the operation is helping to ease unprecedented flood pressure on other areas.
