- cross-posted to:
- world@quokk.au
- worldnews@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- world@quokk.au
- worldnews@lemmy.ml
TLDR
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The US is facing a severe domestic shortage as it has no active TNT production plants and its traditional supply lines have been cut.
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Poland was a primary supplier to the US but is now diverting most of its production to Ukraine for its war effort, reducing exports.
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Ukraine is consuming all of its own domestic production and imports from allies like Poland for its military, leaving none for export.
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Russia & China: Have completely stopped exporting TNT to the US, cutting off two other major former sources.
meanwhile russia has done pretty well for itself despite heavy sanctions by being a war economy that’s isolated from the world stage…
Incidentally, Russia is isolated in the same way there’s a global shortage of TNT right now :)