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Sidney Christopher Alford (born 1935) is an inventor, explosives engineer and a doctor of chemistry. Dr Alford is the Chairman of Alford Technologies Limited〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Alford Technologies )〕 , a world-leading provider of explosive engineering and explosive charge technology, that he founded in 1985. In 2015 he was awarded the OBE in Her Majesty the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to explosive ordnance disposal. Alford is considered the pioneer in water projecting disruptors driven by high explosive. These are used in bomb disposal. He also developed the renowned Dioplex linear cutting charge, and Vulcan shaped charge. Alford's explosive charges are some of the most highly regarded in the industry and are said to have saved many lives. Alford's equipment is currently being used to support operations in Afghanistan in countering the threat from Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). == Early life == Alford was born in Ilford, a suburb of London, and was one of two children. During the early stages of the Second World War〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Civilian counter-IED expert helps Army defeat Taliban bombs )〕 he moved with his family to Bournemouth on the south coast where "hit and run" German aircraft raids introduced him to machine gun fire and air-dropped bombs. Returning to Ilford (1942, aged 7) he experienced more aircraft bombs, usually dropped under cover of night, and he started a collection of fragments of bombs and of anti-aircraft shells. His searches rewarded him with the occasional magnalium incendiary bomb of which the bodies later provided a welcome source of metal for his earliest fireworks. Alford's interest in explosives and pyrotechnics was born. On one occasion Alford found a complete flying bomb engine in Epping Forest. He had the opportunity to hear and observe the V-1 flying bomb ("Doodlebugs") and V2 rockets and was able to compare and contrast their effects. Fascination with the technology of warfare, its causes and its effects upon the cultures of the people involved, has remained with him. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sidney Alford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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