Europe’s sole TNT manufacturer is sending much of its production to the United States for use in Israeli bombs dropped on Gaza, undermining the continent’s ability to defend itself, a Polish politician has said. Maciej Konieczny raised the issue in parliament, claiming Poland’s Nitro-Chem has contracted to supply half its output to the US until at least 2029.
The left-wing Razem party member told The Guardian newspaper that “Polish TNT is exported entirely abroad and the bombs produced from it fall on the heads of innocent civilians in Gaza and Yemen”. Poland now lacks sufficient TNT reserves for its own defence, with current stocks lasting only “a month in the event of a war,” Konieczny said, adding there is not enough to supply Ukraine either.