How C-4 Works
Twenty years ago, most people didn't have any idea what C-4 was.
Recently, it has become an all-too-familiar term, popping up in newspapers and on television
all the time. In October 2000, terrorists used C-4 to attack the U.S.S.
Cole, killing 17 sailors. In 1996, terrorists used C-4 to blow up the
Khobar Towers U.S. military housing complex in Saudi Arabia. In
December 2001, a man smuggled similar material, hidden in his shoes,
onto a commercial airliner. C-4 has also been used in many of the
Palestinian suicide bombings in Israel and the Israeli-occupied
territories.
In this article, we'll find out what this powerful material is and see how it can wreak such destruction.
