Metro cars blown up to test bomb resilience

Controlled explosion on a decommissioned Madrid Metro car.

EUROPE: Controlled explosions have been carried out on a decommissioned Madrid Metro car and a prototype redesigned vehicle as part of a research project which aims to develop blast-resilient metro cars better able withstand a terrorist attack.

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