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The Detonators
The Detonators

The Detonators

—Whether it's urban skyscrapers, massive steel bridges or giant stadiums, explosives experts Dr. Braden Lusk and Dr. Paul Worsey can bring down any structure with pinpoint accuracy. With the use of high-speed camera technology, viewers get a unique, behind-the-scenes look at how these demolition specialists crumble engineering giants with the push of a button.
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Season 112 of 12 Episodes

  • Explosives expert Dr. Braden Lusk visits the blast sites of two steel structures.

  • Demolition experts bring down urban buildings in Glasgow, Scotland, and Birmingham, Ala.

  • Behind the scenes at the blasts of two structures that just can't be brought down with a wrecking ball.

  • Explosives expert Dr. Braden Lusk realizes not all blasts go off according to plan.

  • Dr. Paul Worsey and Dr. Braden Lusk discuss cutting-edge technologies to take down structures in tight spaces.

  • Dr. Paul Worsey focuses on the demolition of an office building in Louisville, Ky.

  • Dr. Paul Worsey reveals the tricks of the trade at the blast of a steel bridge in Bismarck, N.D.

  • Two steel paper mills are about to be blasted, but with two different methods.

  • Four big structures need to come down in record time.

  • Experts look at exactly how blasters take down huge concrete buildings.

  • Two massive smokestacks are blasted.

  • Two big problem blasts.
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Whether it's urban skyscrapers, massive steel bridges or giant stadiums, explosives experts Dr. Braden Lusk and Dr. Paul Worsey can bring down any structure with pinpoint accuracy. With the use of high-speed camera technology, viewers get a unique, behind-the-scenes look at how these demolition specialists crumble engineering giants with the push of a button.

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Dr. Lusk, Dr. Worsey, Garrett Fisher

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