M RL ) ▁have ▁already ▁synth es ised ▁ade qu ate ▁quantity ▁of ▁CL - 2 0 , ▁the ▁new ▁explos ive , ▁in ▁their ▁labor atory . ▁ ▁The ▁powerful ▁explos ive ▁can ▁substantial ly ▁reduce ▁the ▁weight ▁and ▁size ▁of ▁the ▁war head ▁while ▁pack ing ▁much ▁more ▁p unch . ▁The ▁comp ound , ▁' Ind ian ▁CL - 2 0 ' ▁or ▁' IC L - 2 0 ', ▁was ▁ind igen ously ▁developed ▁in ▁H EM RL ▁using ▁inverse ▁technology . ▁CL - 2 0 , ▁so ▁named ▁after ▁the ▁China ▁Lake ▁facility ▁of ▁the ▁Naval ▁Air ▁We ap ons ▁Station ▁in ▁California , ▁US , ▁was ▁first ▁synth es ised ▁by ▁Dr ▁Arnold ▁N iel son ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 7 . ▁ ▁CL - 2 0 ▁or ▁Oct a - N it ro - C ub ane ▁is ▁a ▁N it ram ine ▁class ▁of ▁explos ive ▁ 1 5 ▁times ▁as ▁powerful ▁as ▁H M X . H M X ▁itself ▁is ▁more ▁than ▁four ▁times ▁as ▁pot ent ▁as ▁R D X . ▁ ▁CL - 2 0 - based ▁Sh aped ▁Ch arg es ▁significantly ▁improve ▁the ▁pen etr ation ▁over ▁arm ors ▁and ▁could ▁potentially ▁be ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁bomb ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 2 0 - mm ▁main ▁gun ▁mounted ▁on ▁the ▁MB T ▁Ar j un ▁t anks . ▁The ▁CL - 2 0 ▁is ▁its ▁reduced ▁sens itivity ▁enables ▁easy ▁handling ▁and ▁transport ation ▁and ▁reduces ▁the ▁ch