According to fox news relayed by the Yangguang Military, on February 5, the "fourth-class" air combat center in San Bernardino County, California, lost up to 10 pounds of C4 explosives!
The report also pointed out that the explosives were lost during a military exercise at the Marine Corps base two weeks ago and may have been deliberately stolen... The Marine Corps base has now offered a bounty to ensure that these extremely dangerous explosives are safely recovered.
Anyone who has played Peace Elite, Battlefield... Military fans of such war online games know that C4 explosives are such things, and it is different from TNT or Black Sokin... And other explosives are not the same, it is a kind of mixed explosives, with good plasticity, can be made into a variety of different sizes of shapes, plugged in the detonator can be blasted... Whether it is a game or a real-life troop like it, in the absence of professional blasting equipment as needed to blast the target size, you can one or more pieces together to blast the target, but also because the C4 explosive has a strong viscosity (attachment type) can be more firmly attached to the surface of the object, for example: the security department breaks the door as long as the matchbox size C4 drug block is attached to the door, and then inserted a burst pipe can blow up the heavy security door... Easy to use.
The main component of C4 explosive polymer is these "jelly" gelatinous substances in the picture, called: polyisobutene (can be understood as a plastic), it is melted at low temperature and then mixed with the same low temperature melting TNT explosives, which also add some aluminum powder (high calorie releaser), white phosphorus (smoke generator) formed by a safe and plastic explosive, it is said that it was first invented by the Czechs, during World War II, the United States also produced and distributed to infantry detachments for blasting purposes. Blasting German fortifications and Japanese caves in the European and Pacific theaters... And other solid defensive positions, good results have been achieved, supplemented with professional blasting equipment such as blasting canisters, and the flexibility of use has been greatly improved.
Standard standard production of C4 explosive strips, each weighs a pound, the outside of the plastic seal moisture-proof stain-proof carrying is very convenient, just such a C4 explosive can destroy an armored vehicle, the explosion is powerful, multiple bundles after blowing up the tank is not a problem, in addition to the C4 explosive plasticity from the safety (anti-terrorism) point of view is indeed harmful, it can use soap wrapping outside, that is, the soap melts the outside of the wrapped medicine block, in order to avoid the smell of the security department police dogs, but also to escape the detection of the airport X-ray... Therefore, "people with intentions" are also willing to use it. It is also true that many terrorist attacks are related to it, because the vast majority of the world's airports, passenger transport centers... They are all places where safety measures are backward and management is not strict, giving opportunities.
It is precisely because of the power and concealment of C4 explosives that the huge amount of 10 pounds lost at the US Marine Corps base this time is really very nervous! Politically speaking, the United States is indeed unstable at present, the unemployment rate of the new crown pneumonia epidemic is extremely serious, there are racial issues, coupled with the division of American society after the election... And so on are the root causes of instability.
The loss of C4 explosives at the Marine Corps base is even more terrifying, which may be stolen by active duty soldiers, and the understanding and use of explosives by active soldiers is definitely much clearer than that of ordinary people! Maybe there will be some kind of anti-social malignant incident... Because the US military is also torn apart by the election issue, some extreme military personnel (retired) even participated in the january 7 impact on the occupation of Congress, for which the newly arrived Defense Secretary Austin asked the US military to stop 60 days of non-essential combat readiness, to carry out "extremist" investigation within the army, to eliminate some soldiers with serious ideological problems... At this time, the loss of 10 pounds of explosives can not be feared?
In short, the loss of C4 explosives is a vicious case, and the US military and the FBI will definitely pursue it to the end and recover it as soon as possible. If in key departments or even foreign embassies and consulates ... There were explosion casualties in the place, but they could not eat and walked away.