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From: shaig%humus.Huji.AC.IL%CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Shai Guday)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: C-4 Plastic Explosives
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Date: 18 Jan 89 22:30:47 GMT
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In article <3124@cbnews.ATT.COM> you write:
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%>3). How does one detonate Plastic explosives, and with what kind of
%>    detonation system? Can this system be universally used with other
%>    explosives, or does C-4 require a special method of being set off?
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%Much of the idea of plasticizing the stuff was to make it impossible to
%set off without blasting caps.    Blasting caps are easy to set off, but
%small, while plastique is hard to set off but highly distructive.  Keep
%apart until ready.  Blasting caps are sized, but I don't know whether
%you need a bigger or smaller one for C-4 than for, say, TNT.

I have used a unit called an "accelorator" for detonating plastic explosive.
This unit is a hollow cylinder which houses a blasting cap ( regular size )
within. The unit is then embedded in the plastic. Use of such a unit promises
a thorough explosion.

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