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    3 days ago

    We never know since its all based on the producer specifications but i would be very greatly surprised if US MIC didn’t do planned obsolescence.

    But even simple explosives like in artillery ammo or bombs do have expiration date, for example for TNT it’s 35 years. But it can be significantly prolonged by proper storage, for example Russia uses 50 year old bombs in Ukraine with no problem. And those ATACMS also worked 9 years after that expiration date.