While I'm pretty sure that we'll never know a lot more than we do now about the Russian debacle/fireworks show/ etc., we need to recall that this is kinda, sorta something they seem to do periodically. And, shudder a bit. I've spent a lot of time around ammunition and demolitions, and it's rare to have a bunch of that crap just blow up. Screw up, and it'll happen in a heartbeat. Don't screw up, pay attention and the stuff is pretty safe.
Now, of course, that's American ammo and NATO ammo. The Russian crap seems to blow at a moments notice. We have a minor vent at 3 Mile Island and the world ends; that was and probably is a daily event in their weapons and power industry. The reason why this is worth more than a giggle is simple -- Nukes are just as flakey. You don't need a detonation to have issues with nuclear arms--all you need to do is drop one and break the casing. Happens more frequently than anyone will admit...hell, soldiers, airmen, sailors are human beings, and Murphy will bite given half a chance.
So, then we look at the various loonies around the world who want Nukes, or have chemical weapons or just piles of ammo sitting around untended. The whole fucking third world is one big ammo dump, waiting for someone to not pay attention and short circuit a pile of electric detonators they temporaily stocked on the dynamite because, well, they were due for their mid-day prayer and hashish break.
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