Key takeaways are that there is currently only one (!) factory making the explosive in the EU, in Poland. Also Finland is able to provide necessary cellulose made from forestry products, reducing our reliance for cotton which mainly comes from China.
https://yle.fi/a/74-20086517
by SpaceEngineering
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This seems like the sort of thing you should do carefully and methodically, to be honest.
EU should cooperate on stuff like this so they can be build in western Europe, far from any possible future frontlines. Obviously a factory in Finland is better than no factory, but if war breaks out a factory like this will be among Russia’s first targets.
Just turn our entire north east into a giant TNT farm and test that shit in Rovajärvi. Not like the place has anything else going for it anymore anyway. Just leave Santaland alone.
Fun and fizz factory
how much demand is there for TNT still? I was under the impression that newly produced explosives are mostly PBX for safety reasons
I guess it is not the best way to place military production plants in th radius where russian missiles could hit.
The mentioned Polish factory is called Nitro-Chem and located in Bydgoszcz, western Poland.
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zak%C5%82ady_Chemiczne_%E2%80%9ENitro-Chem%E2%80%9D
https://radar.rp.pl/przemysl-obronny/art39645891-polski-trotyl-wystrzelil-zaklady-nitro-chemu-pracuja-24-godziny-na-dobe
They should give themselves a Noble prize if they do.