WARFARE has changed significantly over the past 100 years, including the design of explosives. First discovered in the 1930s, EFPs have been deployed for almost 90 years. But how do they work and w… ...

Explosively formed penetrators (or projectiles), better known as EFPs, were responsible for wounding and killing many American military personnel throughout the War on Terror, quickly earning a ...

Hezbollah’s expertise with EFPs is one reason why the administration, despite minimal intelligence, has been quick to blame Hezbollah’s Iranian allies for the proliferation of the devices in Iraq.

Hezbollah’s expertise with EFPs is one reason why the administration, despite minimal intelligence, has been quick to blame Hezbollah’s Iranian allies for the proliferation of the devices in Iraq.

You set EFPs off with the detonator, either via wire, or wireless, connection. When the C4 explodes, it forms the copper cap into a blob of molten copper, moving faster than a speeding bullet (about 1 ...

Between October 2006 and September 2007, EFPs killed 97 U.S. troops and wounded more than 300 soldiers.

There’s no deadlier weapon in Iraq than explosively-formed projectiles, or EFPs. The number of these so-called "superbomb" attacks has reportedly fallen off recently (see David Axe’s earlier ...