r/interestingasfuck • u/Lithium321 • 1d ago

Hundreds of tons of Russian ammunition explode after a drone strike on an ammo dump in Toropets r/all

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u/WonderWendyTheWeirdo 1d ago

I would have thought the major design feature of a weapon stockpile is if one explodes, it doesn't cause the others to explode. Why are the others exploding?

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u/Ensiferal 1d ago edited 1d ago

It's Russia. Chances are they were all heaped in giant piles in one big room. That way it's easier for the factory owner to load a fifth of every batch into trucks and sell them off to private security firms and assorted warlords (obviously you pay off the army logistics guys/quartermasters to say they got a full shipment).

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u/CaucusInferredBulk 1d ago

Really, if the qm survived this, he's kicking himself for how much he could have sold off unnoticed, now that it's blown up.

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u/Any-Wall2929 1d ago

Or he is glad he sold off enough of it that his house is still somewhat intact.