Posted on 05/01/2023 2:49:38 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The massive explosion and ensuing shock wave seen in video from the Ukrainian city of Pavlograd in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast was most likely the result of a giant secondary detonation. What seems to have been hit... was a plant that is used for missile fuel and other highly volatile explosive applications. The facility has been a cause of great concern for locals in the past.
The city is strategically located in an area through which that counteroffensive drive toward Crimea could take place...
But it is also home to the Pavlograd Chemical Plant. That’s where fuel for Ukrainian missiles is produced...
"The plant participates in tests of the rocket firing system with corrected 'Alder-M'...and anti-ship cruise missile Neptune," ... Domestically produced Neptune missiles were used to sink the Russian Navy’s Project 1164 Slava class cruiser Moskva.
The plant is also where old Soviet-era SS24 ICBMs were stored and ultimately supposed to be dismantled as part of the Defense Department’s (DoD) Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program.
In 2020, the BBC reported on local residents’ concerns about what would happen if the plant were to explode, with some people calling it a “ticking time bomb” where more than 1,800 tons of expired rocket fuel was stored.
The facility is also used to store part of the 55 million stockpiled antipersonnel landmines designated for destruction under the Mine Ban Treaty, according to the International Campaign to Band Land Mines (ICBL).
Obviously any production capability for rocket propellant would be a prime target for Russian forces, but a storage area with large decommissioned rockets could have presented a huge secondary explosive potential that Russia specifically pursued.
As of now, cloud cover has made commercial satellite imagery impossible to obtain, so we can't see exactly what was struck or the extent of the damage
(Excerpt) Read more at thedrive.com ...
The Sept 2017 Kalynivka ammo dump explosion and fire that lasted for 4 days was worse. Apparently that was caused by Russia as well. These guys need to spread their assets around.
I’m just curious how this one compares to the Beirut blast. They look about the same size.
ya that was a good one... I was the dork filming wasnt as gun shy and got the whole view!!
that was a good one!!
I worked for DOS, they are very concerned about the “ theoried ” sonic? weapon used against some of our DOS personnel in two of our Embassies. It scrambled their brains.
The word I have for your disbelief is ignorance- do an internet news search about the documented events, I won’t do your homework or spoon feed you.
Awesome. Thanks!
Thanks, Ben, that’s a big one, alright.
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