Editing Shaped charge (section)

===Non-military===
In non-military applications shaped charges are used in [[building implosion|explosive demolition of buildings and structures]], in particular for cutting through metal piles, columns and beams<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.controlled-demolition.com/parkersburg-belpre-bridge |work= Controlled Demolition, Inc |title= Parkersburg-Belpre Bridge |access-date= 2011-04-24 |archive-date= 2011-07-08 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110708192541/http://www.controlled-demolition.com/parkersburg-belpre-bridge |url-status= dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.controlled-demolition.com/500-wood-street-building |work= Controlled Demolition, Inc |title= 500 Wood Street Building |access-date= 2011-04-24 |archive-date= 2011-07-08 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110708191727/http://www.controlled-demolition.com/500-wood-street-building |url-status= dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.mondial-defence.com/2011/Products/RAZOR.html |work= Mondial Defence Systems |title= Semtex RAZOR |access-date= 2011-04-24 |archive-date= 2011-10-06 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111006131921/http://www.mondial-defence.com/2011/Products/RAZOR.html |url-status= dead}}</ref> and for boring holes.<ref name="Walters">{{cite web |url= http://knygos.sprogmenys.net/knygos-2/Explosives/Shaped%20Charges,%20Penetrators/Shaped%20Charge%20Concept,%20An%20Overview%20-%20Walters.pdf |title= An Overview of the Shaped Charge Concept |first= William |last= Walters |access-date= 2011-08-27 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110819124915/http://knygos.sprogmenys.net/knygos-2/Explosives/Shaped%20Charges,%20Penetrators/Shaped%20Charge%20Concept,%20An%20Overview%20-%20Walters.pdf |archive-date= 2011-08-19 |url-status= dead}}</ref> In [[steelmaking]], small shaped charges are often used to pierce [[tap (steelmaking)|taps]] that have become plugged with slag.<ref name="Walters"/> They are also used in quarrying, breaking up ice, breaking log jams, felling trees, and drilling post holes.<ref name="Walters"/>

Shaped charges are used most extensively in the [[petroleum]] and [[natural gas]] industries, in particular in the [[Completion (oil and gas wells)|completion of oil and gas wells]], in which they are detonated to [[perforation (oil well)|perforate the metal casing]] of the well at intervals to admit the influx of oil and gas.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lee |first1=Wen Ho |title=Computational Solid Mechanics For Oil Well Perforator Design |date=5 June 2018 |publisher=World Scientific |isbn=978-981-323-934-0 |pages=1–4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w7SKDwAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=United States Department of Energy Office of Energy Technology |title=Fossil Energy Research and Development Program of the U.S. Department of Energy |date=1979 |publisher=Assistant Secretary for Energy Technology. |page=409 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=frJWPHMwoDIC&dq=shaped+charge+explosives+oil+gas+extraction&pg=PA409 |access-date=27 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Another use in the industry is to put out oil and gas fires by depriving the fire of oxygen.

A {{convert|4.5|kg|lb|abbr=on}} shaped charge was used on the [[Hayabusa2]] mission on asteroid [[162173 Ryugu]]. The spacecraft dropped the explosive device onto the asteroid and detonated it with the spacecraft behind cover. The detonation dug a crater about 10 meters wide, to provide access to a pristine sample of the asteroid.<ref>{{YouTube|Pwjvg_-7Ayw}}</ref>