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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Severin Carrell and Paul Dobson

FOUND: Mod identifies possible uk sites for making explosives and ammunition | Mind Blowing Facts

The Grangemouth oil refinery complex
The Grangemouth oil refinery complex is one of the sites under consideration. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

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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