It’s definitely some weird wording, but yes, we’ve lost the ability to soft-ID upgraded equipment. That’s obvious by the first half of the sentence.

Evan, consider using:

Bomb explosions no longer destroy any equipment, upgraded or not.

Simple and to the point. Clearly implies that bombs used to destroy some equipment, and that it’s upgrad status made a difference. Even people who never knew that trick will understand what it was.

Why did you change this, though?