Supply depot

In more modern times, depots have been targeted by long range artillery, long-range missiles, and bomber aircraft, due to the advantage that disrupted logistics can give to a belligerent force.

Despite the intensive preventive measures they get, ammunition depots around the world suffer from non-combat fires and explosions.

Usually, an ammunition depot experiencing even minor explosions in one of its sites/buildings is immediately evacuated together with surrounding civilian areas.

Thus, all of the stored ammunition is left to detonate itself completely for days or weeks, with very limited attempts at firefighting from a safe distance.

[citation needed] If the ammunitions are artillery shells and other heavy types, the whole depot site affected is typically leveled.