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An ammunition dump, ammunition supply point (ASP), ammunition handling area (AHA) or ammunition depot is a military storage facility for live ammunition and explosives. The storage of live ammunition and explosives is inherently hazardous. There is the potential for accidents in the unloading, packing, and transfer of ammunition.
Ammunition depot fires and explosions (1 C, 46 P) A. Ammunition depots of the U.S. Department of Defense (6 P) U. Ammunition dumps of the United Kingdom (3 C, 4 P)
The Nebraska Ordnance Plant is a former United States Army ammunition plant located approximately ½ mile south of Mead, Nebraska and 30 miles west of Omaha, Nebraska in Saunders County. It originally extended across 17,250 acres (69.8 km 2 ) producing weapons from 1942-45 after which the Army used it as a bomb factory during the Vietnam War.
The Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant was a 15,546-acre (62.91 km 2) government-owned, contractor-operated facility 12 miles west of Texarkana, Texas that was established in 1942. The land was purchased from local citizens through Eminent Domain by the United States Department of Defense .
2019 Arys, Kazakhstan ammunition depot explosion: killed 2 people, injured dozens and 44,000 residents near the ammunition depot were evacuated. [4] 2020 Beirut Explosion August 4, 2020, a large amount of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in the capital city of Lebanon exploded, causing at least 218 deaths, 7,000 injuries
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Letterkenny Army Depot was established in 1941 as an ammunition and general supply storage depot. In 1961, its Directorate of Ammunition Operations began supporting Army air defense missiles and Air Force intercept missiles. In 1991, the Directorate of Ammunition Operations was renamed Letterkenny Munitions Center with command and control ...