Another arson attack in Europe.
A major fire at the Swiss arms manufacturer Brügger & Thomet (B&T AG) in the city of Thun is being investigated as a suspected arson attack, adding to a recent series of fires and explosions at European defense industry facilities connected to Ukraine’s military supply chain.
The previous European explosion at an arms factory was on the 30th October. Although the company tried to down play the incident as an accident.
A powerful explosion rocked an ammunition factory in southern Spain on October 30, injuring three workers and sending a large plume of smoke into the sky above the city of Granada.
The plant produces ammunition and missile components for Ukraine, making the incident the latest in a series of explosions and fires to hit European facilities linked to Kyiv’s arms supply chain. The facility is owned by Slovakia’s MSM Group, part of CSG, which is one of the main industrial participants in the Czech-led ammunition initiative for Ukraine. The program has delivered millions of artillery shells to Ukrainian forces since its launch in early 2024.