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The wreckage of an ATACMS MGM-140A missile in Berdiansk (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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MGM-140A ATACMS Block I

Original model with 165 km range, inertial navigation and 950 M74 anti-personnel and anti-materiel (APAM) grenades.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yup. One issue from long storage is that the fuel in solid fuel rockets can start to separate. Ryan McBeth did an explanation on a possible cause on that AA missile failure.

As you mentioned, some explosives also become unpredictable. The Takata airbags sending shrapnel into drivers faces comes to mind.