Interesting article in today's Wall Street Journal about black powder supply chain vulnerability. Turns out the Pentagon has been our biggest hoarder of BP since Minden blew up. I would never have thought that BP was used in such large volumes by the military as an initiator for modern explosives. Here is link to story:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-u-...blem-6e1a1049?reflink=integratedwebview_share
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-u-...blem-6e1a1049?reflink=integratedwebview_share