Explosive export
20 years ago, on the eve of the Velvet Revolution, Communist Czechoslovakia churned out tractors, Skoda cars, and � Semtex. The lethal and highly portable plastic explosive is still being manufactured in the Czech Republic and only there. The BBC’s Tim Whewell explores the legacy of Semtex.
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