In 2013 after searching the government archives, scientists disputed the number as an underassessment and claimed that probably all 35.000 tons of the dumped munitions are chemical munitions, because after the war conventional munitions were usually disposed of by exploding them under controlled circumstances.
År 2013, efter att ha sökt i statsarkivet, bestred forskarna numret och hävdade att all dumpad ammunition är kemisk ammunition, för att konventionell ammunition vanligtvis bortskaffades genom att explodera dem under kontrollerade omständigheter.