But the explosive cores of the grenades did not appear to be from a regular military weapon, which would have caused even greater harm, the police said.
The problem was soon acknowledged and fixed with a new explosive core.
It uses an explosive core of pentaerythritol tetranitrate which is inside its plastic coating.
They all contain a steel casing that is designed to burst into small steel fragments or shrapnel, when their explosive core detonates.
Quamus struck a match, cupped his hands over the end of the fuse, and held the flame against the fabric until the explosive core of the fuse ignited.
The ship spun, answering, and the two side and forward projectile cannons each ignited its chemical load and blasted it out as plasma with a timed explosive core.
The bomb included metal fragments packed around the explosive core, that sprayed around the restaurant, maximizing lethal effect.
Moreover, in theory both environmental sensors and permissive action links can be evaded by a terrorist who cuts away a bomb's outer case and takes possession of the explosive core.
In simpler terms, a blast wave is an area of pressure expanding supersonically outward from an explosive core.
"It's a quiet film with a real explosive core."