Wrap up the week with SOFREP’s Evening Brief, October 10, 2025.

Explosion at Tennessee Military Explosives Plant Leaves 19 Missing, Feared Dead

An explosion on Friday at Accurate Energetic Systems (AES), a military explosives manufacturer in rural Tennessee, destroyed part of its facility and left 19 people missing and presumed dead, authorities said.

Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis described the site as completely leveled and called it the most devastating scene of his career.

The blast, felt and heard for miles, occurred at the company’s eight-building complex in the Bucksnort area, about 60 miles southwest of Nashville.

Emergency crews initially could not enter due to ongoing detonations, but officials later said the area was secure. The cause of the explosion remains under in

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