1. The West predicts that Russia's ammunition will run out by the end of the year.
2. Ukrainian ammunition is in a hurry, and the stockpile has been exhausted, and the West is requested to support as soon as possible.
3. The U.S. ammunition supply chain is heavily dependent on Russia and China. Since China has all the raw materials needed for gunpowder production around the world, China actually controls the production of various types of ammunition in the United States. Analysis believes that gunpowder production in the United States is plagued by insufficient supply due to strict environmental protection rules in the United States. Some analysts pointed out that China has the world's largest production capacity of gunpowder and military and civilian explosives (some rumors in the West claim that it accounts for about 68% of the world's total, although it is not credible, but the huge number should be true), but the United States has a lot to do with it. Saying that means great passivity
The elevators on that tower are very special we managed to get to the top floor without even fucking noticing we were moving. shit was wild. acceleration profile was perfect
Jason Sullivan
Global demilitarization should be a priority of the international community. No one will win the next World War so the only way to succeed is to extinguish the possibility as much as possible.
Levi Reyes
Never imagine the US needs to import ammunition from China and Russia
America has in-house phosphate production due to Nitrate Plants 1-3. You know, the Muscle Shoals project and the TVA. Powder is made by DuPont using American chemicals and American raw materials. Hence why ammo says "Made In USA" right on the box. It's also why importing ammunition, gunpowder, and bullets is banned unless it's over 25 years old.
>Some analysts pointed out that China has the world's largest production capacity of gunpowder and military and civilian explosives (some rumors in the West claim that it accounts for about 68% of the world's total, although it is not credible, but the huge number should be true)
There's no evidence for it being true. Go walk into a gun store and ask for some ditchmaker and look at their explosives for sale. It all says Made In USA. All of it is USA made materials. Do you think the ATF would ever allow this shit to be imported?
Logan Reyes
have you read what i posted? The raw material! the raw material! the raw material!
Nathaniel Morales
Yes, the raw material is controlled as a Class I explosive. It's banned for import. BANNED. Civilians cannot bring it in over the border, companies cannot purchase it from Canada, and industries cannot import it from Russia. It's not allowed entry. Even if it was, all American gun/missile procurements are subject to Buy America rules that include raw materials. The chemicals that go into explosives are not imported.
Again, check the box on the bucket of chemical explosives at your local gun store or feed store. It'll probably be a DuPont product, but regardless it will say Made In USA. It always will as states have heavily restricted the ability for people to possess explosives in the first place. How you gonna get a truckload of 1.1 carded material out of the Port of LA when California requires such shipments to be pre-approved by their Dept of Justice six months in advance? It doesn't happen because California almost totally prohibits it.
Hunter Foster
Why is it not allowed to be imported, because then we wouldn't produce it here?
Cameron Kelly
okay if it’s banned, what’s the efficacy of your environmental protection law? You can mine as much as you can?
It's gun control. What do you think the ATF does? The NFA restricted explosives use in the first place, and part of it are bans on importing it. You're not allowed to import a truckload of gunpowder for the same reason you're not allowed to import a truckload of guns or howitzers. Hence the 25 year rule, but nobody wants outdated surplus besides /k/ (and most of the surplus ammo is really shitty, as evidenced by the recent gun jesus video on this exact subject).
Samuel Mitchell
Why would it be mined? America's most famous gunpowder plants (again, Nitrate Plants 1-3) utilized manure as do most modern chemical powders. Why bother buying a phosphate mine when you can get it for much cheaper straight from a farm. And there's almost endless amounts due to McDonalds.
>TVA Director Harcourt Morgan, an old farmer himself, took charge of the project. At Nitrate Plant No. 2, two aged electric carbide furnaces were converted to phosphate smelters. The operation was dubbed the National Fertilizer Development Center (NFDC).
Later, these plants were converted to war production when WW2 broke out. It was powered by several hydroelectric dams, which were later supplemented by several coal plants. This was due to the munition's plant expansion into the "Y-12" complex - the uranium enrichment center for the Manhattan Project.
No, you don't distinguish between civilian ammunition and military ammunition, I don't know how deep the water is in it, but the US spends half of the world's military spending for a year, and it stands to reason that according to their environmental protection laws, these military spending The ammunition in exchange should be seriously beyond the limits of environmental protection laws, and they must import raw materials.
Kayden Mitchell
It definitely doesn't cover all the parts needed, never
Logan Young
Military ammo and Civil ammo are the same chemically. They use the same chemicals and the same factories. You can buy milspec NATO 5.56 that comes off the same production line as the ammo used by the US Army in the US, Iraq and Germany. This is proven by serial production numbers punched onto the shell casings. Although it's kinda pointless because civil ammo is always better than milspec, because of legal liability. The Uvalde Shooter was someone using mil-grade ammo and he was just a jackass living in rural Texas. The actual chemicals inside the ammo are only made by a handful of companies which solicit their powder from US sources only, because the law requires it and government contracting policies require it also.
The same for rocket fuels and avgas, although less so. As chemicals become less complicated there exists less rules on their control. Uranium and radioactive fuels have the most controls followed by powders and oxidizers, both solid (gunpowder) and liquid (rocket fuel). Normal plane gas is imported like most of our gas is, but this is a separate topic.
>and it stands to reason that according to their environmental protection laws, these military spending The ammunition in exchange should be seriously beyond the limits of environmental protection laws, and they must import raw materials.
There is no need for importation of raw materials when it's made domestically from cow shit, and it's been made from cow shit for a century now.
Jace Sanders
It's not rising. The dollar is inflating.
Parker Gomez
>It definitely doesn't cover all the parts needed, never
Parts needed for what? You were talking about gunpowder. If you mean all the parts inside ammo too, then those are trivial because it's a stamped brass case and a lead bullet which are trivial to produce. It's actually similar to soda can production, think about how many truckloads of soda Americans drink per day.
Caleb Gray
These seem like second amendment violations? It's interesting these haven't come up in the broader discussion.
John Ramirez
what specific raw materials are they?
Evan Nguyen
They do constantly because it's why /k/ can't buy Norinco salt guns, although it doesn't matter at this point since Canada has categorically banned all of them and shut down what little gun importation existed in the Americas. ATF rules prohibit almost all gun transfers between the US and Canada, getting an exemption requires a "sporting purpose", a few hundred dollars and 6-9 months of waiting. Most salty guns particularly the Norinco AK clones /k/ wants are banned without a 5-year letter or are at least 25 years old. Biden might ban it completely entirely if he feels like it, regardless, as Obama did with certain Russian manufacturers with his original Russian sanctions.
Individual states, notably California, Illinois and New York, all ban such weapon imports entirely. LEOs are excepted but why would a cop want a cheap chinese copy of a russian rifle, when they can get a much better rifle locally for the same price. And same for ammo, nobody wants surplus ammo except /k/ but most of the cheap ammo is gone anyway.
Xavier Scott
They often do it unknowingly when a militar contractor supplies cheaper chinese ammunition instead in relabeld boxes
Evan Cook
>China controls the US military industry? Kek they wish, we'd all be chinese today.
Bentley Thompson
But all you need to make gunpowder is electricity and some cotton
Ian Clark
>China controls the US military industry? A
Nope, not china. Jews and british, City of London.
>check the box on the bucket of chemical explosives at your local gun store or feed store. It'll probably be a DuPont product, Interesting , DuPont oligarchs used to control 100% of gunpowder production for 100+ years. Then in the 20th century their guaranteed gov contract was split into 2, became duopoly. I think it maybe Hodgdon ??? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodgdon_Powder_Company freerangeamerican.us/black-powder-goex-plant-closure/
