Editing RDX (section)

===Military compositions===
The United Kingdom's intention in World War II was to use "desensitised" RDX. In the original Woolwich process, RDX was [[phlegmatized]] with beeswax, but later [[paraffin wax]] was used, based on the work carried out at Bruceton. In the event the UK was unable to obtain sufficient RDX to meet its needs, some of the shortfall was met by substituting [[amatol]], a mixture of ammonium nitrate and TNT.<ref name=hornby/>

[[Karl Dönitz]] was reputed to have claimed that "an aircraft can no more kill a U-boat than a crow can kill a [[Mole (animal)|mole]]".<ref name=Baxter-42>{{Harvtxt|Baxter III|1968|page=42}}</ref> Nonetheless, by May 1942 [[Vickers Wellington|Wellington bombers]] began to deploy [[depth charge]]s containing [[Torpex]], a mixture of RDX, TNT, and aluminium, which had up to 50 percent more destructive power than TNT-filled depth charges.<ref name=Baxter-42/> Considerable quantities of the RDX–TNT mixture were produced at the Holston Ordnance Works, with [[Tennessee Eastman]] developing an automated mixing and cooling process based around the use of stainless steel [[conveyor belt]]s.<ref name="baxter-257&259">{{Harvtxt|Baxter III|1968|pp=257 & 259}}</ref>