The blast at the facility in Bucksnort, killed 16 and destroyed the factory, along with explosives used by for the Army and Navy.

Explosions were reported near a military base just outside the southern Russian city of Stavropol late on Oct. 22, and additional explosions allegedly rocked an ammunition plant in the central city of Kopeysk,

An explosion has rocked a explosives plant in rural Tennessee owned by Accurate Energetic Systems. The plant processes explosives and ammunition for military, aerospace, and commercial industries.

Friday’s massive explosion at a Tennessee explosives plant killed 16 and left no survivors, authorities confirm.

Brian Castner is a former explosive ordnance disposal officer, or EOD officer, who served in the Air Force during the war in Iraq. Castner deployed twice, in 2004 and 2006, as a commander of an EOD unit at the Balad and Kirkuk air bases,