MoD identifies possible UK sites for making explosives and ammunition
by Severin Carrell and Paul Dobson from World news | The Guardian on (#71HWR)
Disused refineries and chemical plants considered as part of a multibillion-pound investment in defence
Defence officials have identified at least a dozen disused oil refineries and chemical plants as possible sites to make explosives and ammunition, including Grangemouth, Southampton and Teesside.
The Ministry of Defence has been scouring Britain for places to build at least six new munitions factories as part of a 6bn programme to increase its supplies as part of a Nato-wide rearmament push.
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