Great analysis of the ammunition dump attacks. The satellite images of the 719th Artillery Ammunition Depot at Tikhoretsk are shocking. So many munitions stored in the open and unprotected. I wouldn't be surprised if for once the explosion really was the product of careless smoking. Btw, Ukraine claims that a Podlet K1 radar was also destroyed in the blast and a Sentinel-2 satellite image shows a large fire burning next to the Tikhoretsk military airfield a few kilometres away.
Ammo laying around in the open at a depot isn't unusual for Russia, it seems. This was just a very small part of the Dzhankhoy depot as viewed from a train a couple years ago. There was a lot more ammo elsewhere, but they stored ammo in the open next to equipment before Ukraine started pounding the depot.
This is why I love the US military. When we build a depot for ammo, it's built RIGHT. Buried at least partially, heavy concrete, proper blast doors, proper spacing. You will never seen so much as a case of hand grenades just lying around.
I was at Soc Trang in 65 we were a Helicopter base and our ammo dump out in the open just had a berm around it, we had 7.62 ammo and lots of 2.75 rockets . Now that I think back I'm surprise that the VC didn't target it we had a few mortar attacks
Thanks for this report, I've been reading about the ammo dump strikes and I like seeing all those secondary explosions and thank you for your report on whats happening. I've been waiting to hear your report
Great analysis of the ammunition dump attacks. The satellite images of the 719th Artillery Ammunition Depot at Tikhoretsk are shocking. So many munitions stored in the open and unprotected. I wouldn't be surprised if for once the explosion really was the product of careless smoking. Btw, Ukraine claims that a Podlet K1 radar was also destroyed in the blast and a Sentinel-2 satellite image shows a large fire burning next to the Tikhoretsk military airfield a few kilometres away.
https://en.defence-ua.com/news/ukraines_general_staff_confirms_successful_strikes_on_two_key_russian_military_arsenals-11932.html
https://en.defence-ua.com/news/strike_on_tikhoretsk_military_arsenal_satellite_images_reveal_large_scale_fire_photos-11935.html
Always good to see a Russian radar go up.
Ammo laying around in the open at a depot isn't unusual for Russia, it seems. This was just a very small part of the Dzhankhoy depot as viewed from a train a couple years ago. There was a lot more ammo elsewhere, but they stored ammo in the open next to equipment before Ukraine started pounding the depot.
https://x.com/JimmySecUK/status/1559468062545420288
Ha, hopefully that's what went up in smoke at Dzankhoy this morning.
Russian ICBMs arent what they used (?) to be? I must say it is quite fun they are failing in that area.
Russia isn't what the Soviet Union used to be.
Obviously. And a good thing to.
Yes and that's a good thing
This is why I love the US military. When we build a depot for ammo, it's built RIGHT. Buried at least partially, heavy concrete, proper blast doors, proper spacing. You will never seen so much as a case of hand grenades just lying around.
I can't think of a place where that isn't true stateside. On the other hand, this was Long Binh:
https://youtu.be/mDfHfhG7mCk?t=43
I was at Soc Trang in 65 we were a Helicopter base and our ammo dump out in the open just had a berm around it, we had 7.62 ammo and lots of 2.75 rockets . Now that I think back I'm surprise that the VC didn't target it we had a few mortar attacks
That was my thought.
Oh yeah. Part of me loves the site of that much ammo. The other part wants to start running and not stop until I’m on another continent.
Thanks for this report, I've been reading about the ammo dump strikes and I like seeing all those secondary explosions and thank you for your report on whats happening. I've been waiting to hear your report