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Propellants & nitrocellulose
Wimmis, Switzerland46.66°N 7.63°E
computed criticality17/100
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Very few nitrocellulose/propellant plants (Nitrochemie, Eurenco, BAE Radford)
2024Fault line
The powder that propels shells and bullets starts from nitrocellulose, made in a handful of Western plants, itself dependent on cotton and special cellulose. This upstream link caps all munitions output.
Actors
Nitrochemie (Rheinmetall)
Eurenco
BAE (Radford, USA)
Sources