[chief lee runamok]

"The president of Lebanon said on Twitter that 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate was stored in a warehouse for six years without safety measures."

A previous shortage of bomb and missle technicians leading to an enormous stockpile of explosive materials.

[Pearls Before Swine]

2750 tonnes...

That’s roughly 3 kilotons... the amount of explosive in a small tactical nuke, and about 1/5 of the Hiroshima A-bomb.

Wow.

And if this ammonium nitrate was for agricultural use, why store it in downtown Beirut? Hmmmm?

[VanDeKoik]

Isnt this similar to what happened with Halifax?

[SisterK]

ammonium nitrate

fertilizer