Russian fireworks display

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8359359.stm

Oops! :uhoh_smal

There goes the price of AK ammo through the roof

dupe

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/13/russia.army.depot.explosion/index.html

MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- A series of powerful blasts ignited a fire Friday at a Russian army munitions depot in the outskirts of Ulyanovsk, a city about 900 kilometers (560 miles) east of Moscow, Russian media reported.

Russian state television showed a series of massive explosions resembling fireworks that, it said, went off about every 30 seconds and could be seen and heard as far as 15 kilometers (over 9 miles) from the scene.

Several hours after the first explosion, the governor of the Ulyanovsk region, Sergey Morozov, said in an interview with Russian Channel One TV that the fire had been largely contained, and fire brigades and special rescue teams had managed to keep the flames away from most of the facilities in the ammunition depot.

He said the depot is very large, with "several thousand rail cars" of munitions.

On its Web site, the Russian Defense Ministry said the initial explosion took place around 4 p.m. (8 a.m. ET) "apparently during the disposal of ammunition" at one of the army's arsenals. "The explosion in one of its workshops led to a fire which spread onto adjacent buildings of the military units," the statement said. "The surrounding area is cordoned off. Fifteen fire brigades ... are trying to localize the fire."

Explosion was a result of a "breach of a technological process during the disposal of ammunition."

IN OTHER WORDS SOMEBODY FUCKED UP.

Well hopefully the workers got out before it went big time.

jeez

hope nobody was hurt too bad

Well hopefully the workers got out before it went big time.

43 people had been found safe and well in the bomb shelter.

Can you imagine the frellin horror of having military munitions going off all around you while you were 'trying' to get yer sorry butt to this bomb shelter?

(note to self- purchase BROWN underwear if I ever work in one of those plants)

BFC