Smoke rises after the shelling of Stepanakert, Oct. 9, 2020.
Recently, a major disappearance exploded at a Marine Corps base in California when 10 pounds of high-powered explosive – C-4 – disappeared. Federal agents, including the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), are conducting a related investigation.
According to San Diego’s ABC10 News, about 10 pounds of C-4 disappeared from the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms during an exercise in January. The explosives are believed to have gone missing during an exercise in January.
Marine Corps officials have forwarded information including when the explosives went missing, how they were guarded, which units were involved in the exercise and whether any suspects have been identified to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. But Jeff Houston, a spokesman for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, declined to answer.
“Out of respect for the investigative process, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service does not make relevant comments or confirm details related to the ongoing investigation,” Houston said.
Military officials are concerned the explosives may have been stolen, ABC10 reported. The sources said officers in charge of directing the training are considering extending the exercise until the explosives are found. They also confirmed that commanders have sent reward messages to subordinates, offering cash rewards for information on C-4 explosives.
C-4 is a plastic explosive that troops mostly use to eliminate obstacles. Retired Adm. Kelly Mayer told ABC10 that detonating just one pound of C-4 could destroy a car. Mayer, a former firefighter and bomb technician with 23 years of experience, added that C-4 is one of the most powerful man-made explosives, and that a one-Time application of 10 pounds of C-4 would be more effective.
The Department of Homeland Security has not issued any statements related to foreign terrorist threats at this time.
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