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Does anyone here know if this report is accurate?
https://www.businessreport.com/busi...powder-facility-highlights-pentagon-struggles
From the article:
Nearly two years ago, an errant spark inside a mill in north Louisiana caused an explosion so big it destroyed all the building's equipment and blew a corrugated fiberglass wall 100 feet.
AsThe Wall Street Journalwrites in a new article, the ramshackle facility in Minden makes the original form of gunpowder, known today as black powder, a highly combustible material with hundreds of military applications. The product, for which there is no substitute, is used in small quantities in munitions to ignite more powerful explosives.
Lower-tier defense firms are often the sole maker of vital components—such as black powder—and a single crisis can bring production to a standstill.
The "incident," as the Minden explosion has become known, is a pointed example of the risks facing America's military.
The blast that wrecked a World War II-era building in a remote compound 30 miles from Shreveport has extinguished all production of black powder in North America.
https://www.businessreport.com/busi...powder-facility-highlights-pentagon-struggles
From the article:
Nearly two years ago, an errant spark inside a mill in north Louisiana caused an explosion so big it destroyed all the building's equipment and blew a corrugated fiberglass wall 100 feet.
AsThe Wall Street Journalwrites in a new article, the ramshackle facility in Minden makes the original form of gunpowder, known today as black powder, a highly combustible material with hundreds of military applications. The product, for which there is no substitute, is used in small quantities in munitions to ignite more powerful explosives.
Lower-tier defense firms are often the sole maker of vital components—such as black powder—and a single crisis can bring production to a standstill.
The "incident," as the Minden explosion has become known, is a pointed example of the risks facing America's military.
The blast that wrecked a World War II-era building in a remote compound 30 miles from Shreveport has extinguished all production of black powder in North America.
