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NASA FIRMS
Jet engine noise, possibly from a Ukranian "Palyanytsya" cruise missile.
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The Kremlin is pleased to report that their enormous ammunition depot and barracks have quickly and efficiently intercepted the enemy attack drone in a coordinated tactical strike.
Tankies in shambles
Shambies in tankles
Do people in the area close to it have to worry about stray bullets flying out?
Bullets don't have much energy unless the explosion is contained/directed inside a barrel. Here is a firefighting demonstration on how to deal with burning ammo. The tl;dw is: just make sure you are wearing the facemask and other insulated clothing so you don't catch one in the eye, but they are otherwise harmless.
Also, as Wileshire mentioned: larger things like rockets and missiles can be dangerous still as the rocket motor can ignite, and send the whole thing at high speed to nearby areas.
Probably not, but definitely rockets and missiles.
Beautiful pictures, in every regard. When that cloud cover started moving up and away... 🤩
Is there a shockwave porn on Lemmy yet?
I didn't know Russia could look that beautiful! 😍🤣
FIRMS is going even more nuts than your image. Is there even a base left?
And it keeps getting worse. Basically the whole base plus some forests and residential areas seem to be burning.
I think these are satellite measurements that accumulate over 24 hours though, so not sure if the image reflects the current situation well.
Link to the NASA map btw if anybody wants to check it out
What part of the smoke is ruzzia? You gotta excuse me, I've never been to an exploding 🤯 country like that.
Closest thing I've seen to a nuclear detonation, holy shit. What type of munitions? Mortar rounds?
The 107th GRAU arsenal was often used to store various munitions, including 122-mm rockets for the Grad MLRS and 82-mm mortar shells - OSINT researcher Tatarigami.
Its difficult for me to even get a grasp of scale. I really have no actual concept for what I'm looking at, above some kind of minimum threshold for what must be several buildings at least.
Holy shit! Was this caused by drone strikes? I can't imagine how Russia could have this much ammunition located within range of this kind of strike, let alone how enough munitions got through the air defences to set all this off, or how the fire prevention measures are bad enough that this could be the result of a fire spreading from just a few hits.
“It provides reliable and safe storage, protects against air and missile strikes and even against the damaging effects of a nuclear explosion,” this is how Deputy Defense Minister Bulgakov, who is now arrested for corruption, spoke in 2018 about the missile arsenal under construction in Toropets, which was attacked tonight.
" If we store the current arsenals with what they used to be - storage in open areas and in wooden storage facilities - and today in concrete (storages), the difference will be approximately this: either wear a bulletproof vest that protects against bullets and shrapnel, or wear one without one," the Deputy Minister of Defense said at the time. Bulgakov added that the arsenal meets "the highest world standards."
Woah
I literally out loud did a slow "whooooaaaaa"
Yeah, an audible Jesus at that first video. The other sites in the distance just make it all the more....
What time of day did this occur?
~4:00 local
Dang so that daylight was from the explosion?
Yes, and there are also videos of continuing, frequent secondary explosions when there's daylight.
So, the explosions lasted a few hours, minimum.
