Iranian-Made IEDs Are the Most Deadly U.S. Forces Have Seen--Jan 2007
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The most deadly improvised explosive devices being used against U.S. soldiers in Iraq continue to come from Iran, and Iran continues to provide more tactical training, according to explosive experts working with the U.S. military.
The Iranian-made devices are known as EFPs, or Explosively Formed Projectiles. When exploded, the copper disc center becomes a molten liquid bullet that can penetrate the thickest armor the United States has.
Earlier this month, CIA Director General Michael Hayden told the Senate Select Intelligence Committee that the EFPs from Iran cause more casualties on an incident-for-incident basis than any other type of improvised explosive device.
EFPs are coming from Iran. They are being used against our forces," said Hayden. "They are capable of defeating some of our heaviest armor."
ABC News first reported on the use of EFPs last March when U.S. officials told ABC News that they discovered the link to Iran via tell-tale manufacturing signatures -- certain types of machine-shop welds and material indicating they are built by the same bomb factory.
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Yes to true. According to an ex RM that I used to work with he stated that the scary thing was though the AIF(insurgents) only took 2 years to master this craft where it took the IRA a quarter of a century to master.
The EFP is nothing new. It uses the Misznay and Schardin effect. Misznay and Schardin were Nazi scientists. Various movement through out the world have used them.