A massive explosion occurred at Russia's 51st GRAU arsenal in the Vladimir Region on April 22, triggering urgent evacuations across seven nearby towns and villages. Countless photos and videos show the detonation, resulting fires, and sounds of secondary explosions. The warehouse is located 530 km from the Ukrainian border and reportedly houses approximately 105,000 tons of weapons including Iskander, Tochka-U, and Kinzhal missiles, artillery shells of all common calibers, anti-tank guided missiles, anti-aircraft missiles for Osa systems, Pantsir-S1, S-300, and S-400 air defense systems, rockets for Grads, Uragans, and Smerch multiple launch rocket systems, plus various aerial bombs, including both conventional FABs and FABs mounted with the precision-guidance systems (KABs). The arsenal had a total capacity of 264,000 tons of ammunition. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported the incident as a safety violation while concealing military casualties. This arsenal is a major...
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