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shaped charge
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A charge shaped so as to concentrate its explosive force in a particular direction.


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EOD operators can penetrate the ground more deeply than they can with lower-performance shaped charges to destroy buried IEDs.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] After everyone had detonated C4, the Soldiers moved on to training with shaped charges and cratering charges, which are used to demolish construction or damage surfaces.
Roadside bombs with deadly shaped charges have been used frequently in Iraq, and military officials there have said the sophisticated bombs have their origin in neighbouring Iran.
 
 
 
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