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Artillery shell factory exploded in Moscow Oblast (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zagorsk_Optical-Mechanical_Plant

Explosion: https://files.catbox.moe/6etp4a.mp4

New close-up: https://files.catbox.moe/xswngr.mp4

Smoke: https://files.catbox.moe/jsmtc5.mp4

Aftermath: https://files.catbox.moe/48lv0q.mp4

Shells: https://files.catbox.moe/yjtbrf.mp4

Shells: https://files.catbox.moe/87alzu.mp4

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[โ€“] SentiEnt@lemmy.pt 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

TV News at my country claimed this was a factory that "made optics for the Russian military". Nice big optics explosion though

[โ€“] zabadoh@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

Well they did have to stuff all the smoke and mirrors inside the optics.

The smoke escaped this time.

Next time it will be an explosion of mirrors.