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EXPLOSION at Spanish ammo factory threatens Ukraine’s artillery supply

February 03, 2025 -

An explosion at an ammunition factory in the southeastern city of Murcia in Spain has raised concerns about the impact on Ukraine's dwindling artillery supplies as its forces rapidly consume 155-millimeter shells, most of which are donated by Western allies.

The Jan. 30 incident at the Expal Munitions factory in Murcia's Javali Viejo site injured six workers, with one in serious condition. The explosion caused burns, smoke inhalation ...

Turkey set to become America’s largest supplier of artillery

April 05, 2024 -

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also presents himself as a possible partner in searching for peace between Ukraine and Russia. (Related: NATO’s ammo shortage worsens due to skyrocketing prices and Ukrainian troops’ overconsumption of artillery shells.)

The U.S. is currently in talks with Ankara for raw materials like trinitrotoluene, known as TNT, and nitroguanidine, which is used as a propellant for munitions. Both are crucial for the production of NATO-standard ...

ART OF DECEPTION: North Korea showcases trucks with concealed artillery rockets

September 15, 2023 -

These seemingly ordinary trucks have an astonishing 12 tubes, apparently designed to hold 122 mm artillery rockets. They were skillfully hidden within the trucks' pop-up and slide-door roofs, rendering them virtually indistinguishable from their civilian counterparts. Even the dump truck crews wore yellow hardhats while brandishing their rifles, adding to the illusion of civilian functionality.

The new mobile rocket trucks were showcased during a Sept. 9 military ...

Denmark plans to send ALL of its ARTILLERY to Ukraine – leaving Copenhagen DEFENSELESS

February 23, 2024 -

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen made this announcement during the Munich Security Conference 2024 held in the German city from Feb. 16 to 18. She also appealed to other European countries to do more to help Ukraine in its fight against Russia.

"They are asking us for ammunition now, artillery now. From the Danish side, we decided to donate our entire artillery," said Frederiksen.

"I'm sorry to say, friends, [but] there are still ammunition ...

North Korea fires 200 rounds of artillery shells toward South Korea’s Yeonpyeong Island

January 08, 2024 -

This incident is similar to the 2010 attack on Yeonpyeong, which resulted in four casualties. Fortunately, this time, the artillery shells did not breach South Korean territory, landing in the buffer zone between the two nations.

The timing of this aggressive move is alarming, following North Korea's complete suspension of a military deal with South Korea aimed at easing tensions. (Related: South Korea accuses North Korea of supplying Russia with over 1M ARTILLERY ...

Pentagon: Ukraine has received more than ONE MILLION artillery rounds from the US

October 25, 2022 -

An Oct. 14 DoD press release said the rounds were part of U.S. security assistance committed to the besieged country. It included 903,000 standard 155 mm howitzer rounds; 3,000 M982 Excalibur guided rounds; 7,000 Remote Anti-Armor Mine Systems (RAAMS) projectiles and 180,000 105 mm howitzer shells.

The statement said the artillery rounds given to Ukraine, amounting to more than 1.09 million in all, formed part of more than $18.2 billion in security assistance ...

North Korea now supplies 100% of Russia’s artillery shells as anti-West alliance tightens

April 17, 2025 -

North Korea has become the primary supplier of artillery shells for Russia’s war in Ukraine, shipping between 4 million and 6 million rounds—enough to sustain Moscow’s forces for months. Reports confirm Pyongyang has also deployed more than 10,000 troops to fight alongside Russian soldiers in Ukraine’s contested Kursk region.

This unprecedented military partnership underscores a growing alliance between two of the world’s most heavily sanctioned ...

Russia-Ukraine war reveals critical SHORTAGE of 155mm artillery shells across the United States

June 14, 2024 - artillery shells being overhauled

Bloomberg News zoomed in on the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant (SCAAP) located in the Keystone State. The plant operated by defense contractor General Dynamics has made artillery shells since the Korean War. Prior to this, however, the 15-acre complex had a more peaceful purpose – steam locomotives were once made there.

From an all-time high employment of 1,836 back in 1970, 300 people now work at the plant to forge steel ...

NATO’s ammo shortage worsens due to skyrocketing prices and Ukrainian troops’ overconsumption of artillery shells

September 21, 2023 - artillery shell caliber –for its Western-provided guns such as gun-howitzers. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg even criticized the military back in February for burning through this ammunition faster than their Western allies could even replace it. As of press time, it is still not declared how many of these shells Ukraine has fired per day since its counteroffensive against Russian forces began in June, but the news outlet put the figure at 10,000, while other ...

Biden admin agrees to provide sophisticated artillery to Ukraine but it’ll take YEARS to deliver

October 06, 2022 -

According to reports this week, the regime has agreed to provide an additional $1.1 billion worth of military aid to Kyiv including sophisticated rocket artillery to the Ukrainian military known as HIMARS, but it's going to take Lockheed Martin at least two years and maybe longer to build the systems.

"The US announced it would send 18 High Mobility Artillery Systems, made by Lockheed Martin Corp., as part of the new assistance package. Unlike the 16 ...

Why is Biden’s EPA arming up with heavy artillery weapons like a branch of the military?

September 28, 2023 -

The latest federal agency to stock up on military-grade hardware like advanced combat and reconnaissance equipment is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which as of September 14 has already spent nearly $3 million on such equipment.

"As of Sept. 14, 2023, the Biden administration EPA has already spent $2,892,770 on these items, which is 143 percent more than what was spent during the entire Trump administration," wrote Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Ia.), ranking member ...

South Africa halts delivery of artillery shells to Poland over concerns they could be sent to Ukraine

August 30, 2024 -

Ezra Jele, head of the secretariat of the South African government body overseeing arms contracts, revealed that after two years of uncertainty, Poland has now canceled the contract.

In early 2022, in response to Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, Poland, along with several non-North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries, placed an order for 55,000 Assegai 155mm artillery shells from Denel Munition, a South African arms manufacturer and subsidiary ...

Biden gives ultimatum to Israel: Don’t attack Rafah or you’ll lose supply of U.S. bombs, artillery shells

May 10, 2024 -

In a televised interview, Biden reiterated his administration's position, emphasizing that the United States would not provide weapons for an offensive on Rafah, which could result in a humanitarian crisis. This stance signals a potential shift in the relationship between the two close allies.

The decision comes after the U.S. paused the delivery of 3,500 munitions, including 2,000-pound bombs, amid concerns about civilian casualties in densely populated areas.

Israeli ...

Artillery shelling at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant could spell nuclear disaster for Ukraine and the world

August 18, 2022 -

Rafael Mariano Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), warned that ongoing shelling at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in southeastern Ukraine "underlines the very real risk of a nuclear disaster that could threaten public health and the environment in Ukraine and beyond."

"Since the beginning of this tragic war, the IAEA – and I personally – have been working on supporting Ukraine in keeping all its nuclear facilities safe and ...

U.S. said assisting Ukraine as Czech Republic sends tanks, artillery: Is this a World War III escalation?

May 04, 2022 - artillery strikes on Russian targets in Donbas, which contains the separatist provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. 

Also, as The Wall Street Journal reports, those support efforts could be ramped up in the coming days, making it increasingly likely that the West appears to be sleepwalking into World War III with a well-armed nuclear power.

“In a potentially even more important development, both the Czech Republic and neighboring Slovakia, which shares a border with ...

South Korea accuses North Korea of supplying Russia with over 1M ARTILLERY SHELLS in exchange for advanced technologies

November 07, 2023 -

The South Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS) made this accusation before lawmaker Yoo Sang-beom, a member of the country's unicameral parliament. Yoo then relayed this information during a closed-door briefing with intelligence officials.

According to the lawmaker representing one of the eight districts of the Gangwon constituency, the NIS believes Pyongyang has supplied Moscow with more than one million artillery shells since August. This amount is ...

Secret factory in Poland now repairing Ukrainian armor, artillery and equipment to send it back to the front lines

February 05, 2023 -

Already, other countries in and around Ukraine are beginning to get more involved, and that includes neighboring Poland, where a factory has been established to repair Ukrainian armor and artillery damaged in battle.

The factory, according to The Wall Street Journal, is located in an undisclosed area surrounded by run-down buildings, where there are Polish technicians working 24-7 to repair the Ukrainian equipment so that it can be shipped back to the front ...

First NATO country provides tanks, artillery to Ukraine as U.S. Senate votes to resurrect World War II-era assistance program

April 12, 2022 -

The Czechs have provided Ukraine's military with Soviet-era T-72 tanks after the U.S. and other NATO countries had only given light weapons, anti-tank and anti-air weapons to Ukrainian troops.

Also, according to The Daily Mail, "several BVP-1 infantry fighting vehicles, howitzer artillery pieces and more than a dozen T-72 tanks were yesterday loaded on a train bound for Slovakia where they are expected to head on to Ukraine, footage run by public broadcaster Czech ...

Defense Department to boost production of artillery ammunition by 500% for Ukraine… but will take two years just to build the new factories

January 27, 2023 -

Such a move would push conventional ammunition production to levels not seen since the Korean War, as the Pentagon hopes to invest billions of dollars more to make up for supply shortfalls caused by America's massive military aid shipments to Kyiv.

Under the Defense Department's proposal, the United States would raise production levels for 155mm artillery shells to 90,000 rounds every month.

This is a massive departure from last month's announcement by ...

Analysis: Nikki Haley DISQUALIFIES HERSELF from being VP pick after writing “Finish them!” on Israeli artillery shells during Memorial Day visit to Holy Land

June 03, 2024 -

According to reports, Haley signed Israeli artillery shells with the inscription "Finish them!" the suggestion being that she wants Israel to complete its war mission in Gaza.

The former South Carolina governor visited Israel's northern border with Lebanon alongside former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Danny Danon, described as "a noted Hawkish member of Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party in the Knesset."

While Israel was bombing civilian refugees ...