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Ammonium perchlorate, American Pacific, Cedar City
Cedar City (Utah), United States37.68°N 113.06°W
computed criticality18/100
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The only AP producer in the United States; +50% capacity ($100M expansion, 2025)
2025Fault line
The oxidiser of almost all Western solid propellants, from Ariane 6 boosters to the motors of the SLS and strategic missiles, comes out of a single plant in Utah. American Pacific converts table salt into perchlorate through a unique process, with no national redundancy: the expansion announced in 2025 measures the scale of the bottleneck as much as it eases it.
Actors
American Pacific / AMPAC (Cedar City)
Customers: Northrop Grumman, L3Harris/Aerojet, General Dynamics
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