Ukraine's largest munitions depot blows up.

[reccetrooper]

20,000 people evacuated from a 6 mile exclusion zone.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39363416

https://www.rt.com/news/381933-ukraine-munition-city-fire-explosions/

https://forum.cartridgecollectors.o...depot-transformed-into-massive-fireball/24138

 

[LCplCombat]

If you see the depot firemen running away, try to keep up!

 

[LCplCombat]

You can bet that Ammunition Depot managers all over the world are studying that and revising Safety Distances and licence conditions!

 

[Nabob]

You can bet that Ammunition Depot managers all over the world are studying that and revising Safety Distances and licence conditions!

Not the ones with STANAG 4440 implemetned :tinysmile_shutup_t2

Looking forward to the "after" map.

 

[bdgreen]

Managed ammunition storage??? How about "ammunition junkyard" with minimal management. See attached example:

http://udmboom.blogspot.com/2011/07/blog-post_15.html

 

[LCplCombat]

If you look on Youtube you can see a surprising number of artillery rounds with used driving bands laying around

 

[Falcon]

A question for those with EOD backgrounds:

Once the main chain of explosions has finished, how would you even begin to deal with what was left?

Would it be a case of simply fencing off the entire area as a permanent no-go zone?

 

[Falcon]

Does anyone have any updates on this?

What was the eventual outcome? Did they simply have to evacuate the area until most of the ordnance had exploded?