Bad Powder.

[bruce381]

didn't Lebanon harbor blow up from Ammonium Nitrate spontaneily go boom, no forget that it burned for a while then boob

 

[RicinYakima]

didn't Lebanon harbor blow up from Ammonium Nitrate spontaneily go boom, no forget that it burned for a while then boob

Yes, it was uncoated ammonium nitrate that had sat for years in the warehouse in the harbor. Same principle, only 100 times more dangerous than smokeless. Mining use ANFO (ammonium nitrate fuel oil) as a cheap earth moving explosive.

It also blew up Texas City, Texas.

The 1947 Texas City disaster was an industrial accident that occurred on April 16, 1947, in the port of Texas City, Texas, United States, located in Galveston Bay. It was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history and one of history's largest non-nuclear explosions.

The explosion was triggered by a mid-morning fire on board the French-registered vessel SS Grandcamp (docked at port), which detonated her cargo of about 2,300 tons (about 2,100 metric tons) of ammonium nitrate.[1] This started a chain reaction of fires and explosions aboard other ships and in nearby oil-storage facilities, ultimately killing at least 581 people, including all but one member of Texas City's volunteer fire department.[2]: 100 

 

[Petrol & Powder]

And the August 4, 2020 Beirut explosion was preceded by a fire in the warehouse.

2020 Beirut explosion - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[popper]

Yup a different fire to begin with. Same for the Texas city explosion. Interesting that the arabs in charge had all kinds of junk in the warehouse next door, where the fire started. Most of our 8/55 and 5/38 were WWII made, missiles were from 50s. Pulled the warhead from many, none appeared degraded. They went whoosh/boom when needed. Heck, we had meat from 42. Now flour and coal dust - nasty stuff.

 

[RicinYakima]

Yep, smoked a few Chesterfields from 1952 C-Rations in 1969. Two puffs and it was gone.

 

[fiver]

i think there was some 2495 in the recall too.
it was just certain lot numbers for the various powders they wanted back.

 

[RBHarter]

More recently Miline TN had an oopsy with 105 props .

 

[JWinAZ]

Checked my inventory for deterioration, none found. The oldest was WW 748 from 1974, looks and smells as good as new. Mercifully the price tag has fallen off.