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U.K.’s Only Munitions Factory Explodes, Just Days After U.S. Army Ammunition Factory Catches Fires in Scranton, PA
Gateway Pundit ^ | Apr. 20, 2024 | By Anthony Scott

Posted on 04/20/2024 9:20:25 PM PDT by Kazan

The United Kingdom’s lone munitions filing factory exploded on Wednesday, just two days after a fire erupted at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported on April 15th, the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant (SCAAP), the United States’ primary producer of 155mm artillery shell bodies, caught fire.

Just two days later, on April 17th, a section of the United Kingdom’s lone munition factory exploded after a single shell went off inside the factory.

The explosion occurred at the BAE Systems munitions factory in Glascoed, Wales.

BAE Systems is the biggest defense contractor in Europe and the 7th largest in the world.

The cause of the explosion at the munition factory is currently being investigated.

An explosion occurred at a plant producing ammunition components for the British company BAE Systems in Wales, – Telegraph

No injuries have been reported at this time and the company has launched an investigation. pic.twitter.com/X0PYQwVkgs

— — GEROMAN — time will tell – — (@GeromanAT) April 17, 2024

Per The Daily Mail:

Locals living close to a BAE Systems weapons plant rocked by an explosion earlier today say the blast ‘felt like an earthquake’ as a shell went off.

The blast took place at the BAE Systems munitions factory in Glascoed, Monmouthshire shortly before 10.50am.

MailOnline understands the explosion relates to a single shell going off at the munitions filling factory, run by BAE, Europe’s biggest military contractor.

Emergency services were deployed to the site, which is spread across a large field close to the south-eastern village; locals say the blast ‘wasn’t loud, but felt like an earthquake’.

BAE Systems has promised a full investigation into the incident at the factory, which is the UK’s last remaining munitions filling factory.

The fire erupted at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant is also under investigation.


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KEYWORDS: ammo; ammunition; artilleryshells; bae; baesystems; britain; explosion; factory; isolatedincidents; munitions; pennsylvania; saap; scaap; wales
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1 posted on 04/20/2024 9:20:25 PM PDT by Kazan
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MailOnline understands the explosion relates to a single shell going off at the munitions filling factory, run by BAE, Europe’s biggest military contractor.
2 posted on 04/20/2024 9:22:49 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Kazan

“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action”
― Ian Fleming, Goldfinger


3 posted on 04/20/2024 9:25:07 PM PDT by dennisw (Why is the rabbit unafraid? Because he's smarter than the panther.)
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To: Kazan

Russian special forces fighting globohomo


4 posted on 04/20/2024 9:27:42 PM PDT by pigeoninthepark
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To: Kazan

Joe Biden blew up the munitions’ factory because Corn Pop was going to sell it to the Russians.


5 posted on 04/20/2024 9:28:30 PM PDT by BEJ
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To: Kazan

Probably more exploding and burning ammo here than in the Middle East. Funny how that happens.


6 posted on 04/20/2024 9:29:31 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: dennisw

My favorite line from Blofeld:
“The great powers flexing their military muscle like so many impotent beach boys.”

Applies so often in crises.


7 posted on 04/20/2024 9:31:31 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: Kazan

BAE Systems is a huge company. It has locations in the U.S., too, as well as other parts of the world. It does a lot of business with our Department of Defense.


8 posted on 04/20/2024 9:36:44 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: dennisw

2 = 3

New math.


9 posted on 04/20/2024 9:45:26 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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From the BBC.

“It said there were no injuries and no risk to local residents and production was unaffected.”

“The Welsh Ambulance Service said it attended the scene, but nobody required treatment.
David TC Davies, MP for Monmouth, said the explosion occurred “in a remote part of the site that had been set aside to take apart shells”.
“I am told there is always a small risk involved in this particular operation, which is exactly why it is carried out with remote control in a restricted area of the site. There were no risks to any members of the public,” he added.”


10 posted on 04/20/2024 9:54:46 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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He was one bad dude


11 posted on 04/20/2024 10:04:05 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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just coincidence....yeah, that’s it...coincidence..


12 posted on 04/20/2024 10:04:52 PM PDT by cherry
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To: frank ballenger

I’m guessing that’s a quote from Gutfeld? Blowfeld?


13 posted on 04/20/2024 10:05:45 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: dennisw

would certainly be a shame if any blowback for cia/mi6 Moscow concert action


14 posted on 04/20/2024 10:18:57 PM PDT by A strike (There is no tyranny that cannot be justified by 'climate change')
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To: dennisw

Excellent recall, almost.

those were chapter headings, not statements


15 posted on 04/20/2024 10:36:22 PM PDT by A strike (There is no tyranny that cannot be justified by 'climate change')
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16 posted on 04/20/2024 11:41:10 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: dennisw

👍👍👍👍👍


17 posted on 04/21/2024 1:43:45 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: dennisw

These days, once is just as likely to be enemy action as an accident.

Twice guarantees it, just like 9/11.


18 posted on 04/21/2024 2:11:38 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: metmom

BRICS bites back! No surprise to me and we shall see more!!


19 posted on 04/21/2024 2:44:59 AM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: dennisw

“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action”

Well-deserved if true, but much more likely to disregarding safety considerations to speed up production.


20 posted on 04/21/2024 3:17:30 AM PDT by BobL (A society built on MERIT cannot survive on DEI (ref. South Africa, and now USA))
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