00:00A kinetic penetrator does the job without any explosive at all.
00:04It's just a dense metal rod, dropped from high altitude and left to fall under gravity.
00:09By the time it reaches the ground it's moving faster than sound,
00:13and nearly all that speed is carried in a tip smaller than a grain of rice.
00:17That concentration of energy is what lets it go through armor plate, concrete, or an engine block.
00:23No charge, no detonation, just mass and velocity doing the work.
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