The explosion at a Tennessee bomb factory could have a ripple effect on already stretched U.S. weapons production, experts told the Post.

The Oct. 10 blast at the Accurate Energetic Systems facility in Bucksnort, about 90 minutes west of Nashville, killed 16 and destroyed the factory, along with explosives used in landmines and other munitions being manufactured there for the Army and Navy.

Defense experts are now assessing the worrisome potential impact of the loss on military supply chains –which have already been strained by the war in Ukraine , and Israel’s two-year battle against Hamas in Gaza. 4

The feds are exploring how to break through supply chain problems while they wait to see “how any production issues might possibly impact current needs,” Tennessee GOP Rep. Scot

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