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The area contains a few small towns, including Khamisiyah and Sahalat, with an estimated population of 8,500. It is the site of the Khamisiyah Ammunition Storage Facility (also known as Tel Al Lahm Ammunition Storage Facility and Bunker 73), built and used during the regime of Saddam Hussein. [1]
For example, over 100,000 Gulf War Veterans have been exposed to these nerve agents chemicals during the demolition of a munitions storage depot in Khamisiyah. [19] A study by the Boston School of Public Health has revealed a correlation between veterans deployed in Iraq and the reporting of post-war health symptoms.
During and after the Gulf War, the destruction of Iraq chemical weapon and ammunition facilities, including the Khamisiyah Ammunition Storage Facility, released sarin into the atmosphere. Exposure to sarin causes permanent damage to humans, resulting in the mass illness known as Gulf War syndrome .
Ukraine struck a major ammunition depot in Russia's Krasnodar Krai region. A video of the strike circulating on social media showed a huge explosion at the site.
The Ukrainian military said it targeted an arsenal in Tikhoretsk, a town in the southern Krasnodar Krai region, that it described as one of Russia's largest ammunition storage facilities.
Russia blamed the blasts at an ammunition storage facility in Mayskoye on an “act of sabotage” without naming the perpetrators. ... Massive explosions and fires hit a military depot in Russia ...
Mitholz explosion, Switzerland, an underground ammunition depot partially exploded on 19 December 1947, destroying the village and killing 9. Explosives are still on site posing a risk, their removal is planned to begin in 2030 and last 10 years. Prüm, Germany, 15 July 1949, a French Army depot with 500 tons of ammunition explodes, 12 killed
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. Great care is ...