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here i post some links to see how bombs of WWII are still dangerous


Munich WWII bomb could have damaged buildings
http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-art ... dings.html

Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport closed after discovery of WW2 bomb
http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-art ... -bomb.html

German Authorities in Munich Detonate 550-Pound WWII Bomb
http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-art ... -bomb.html

WWII Bomb Discovered in Munich City Center
http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-art ... enter.html

I wonder how many unexploded bombs still exist in someplace like the Thames River. There has to be quite a few there as well as across the major battlefields in Europe from both WW2 and WW1 as well. I remember reading that farmers in France to this day come across 1,000's of unexploded shells from WW1 and a couple/three times a year the army stops by and collects them. Interesting stuff for sure.

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The IMAGES of the bomb found in Munich today
in Featured Article, War Articles / by Jack / on August 31, 2012 at 17:56 /

Nearly 3,000 residents were evacuated from the heart of Munich after construction workers found an undetonated, 550-pound World War II bomb.

The evacuation, which affected several blocks in the busy party district of Schwabing, was ordered by local officials as a routine security measure.

Citing the dapd news agency, The Associated Press reported that explosives experts detonated the remains of the bomb on Tuesday night. Burning debris from the controlled explosion reportedly caused fires in several nearby buildings that had been evacuated.

http://www.warhistoryonline.com/feature ... today.html

I was in Germany from December 1977 thru February 1982, just before I arrived there, I was told that some workers cleaning the forest found a B-17 on the ground in the woods. The Air Force was notified, they came in and did their thing (whatever that was) and told the Germans they could scrap it, which I was told they did. Don't ask me where it was, only telling ya what I was told.

I do know that during the period I was there that down in Schwäbisch Hall the engineers were improving the POL site near the airfield and en-earthed an unexploded 500 pounder. They evacuated the entire installation until the EOD guys could come in and blow it up.

I was at Hanau Army Airfield, that had quite a bit of history. The compass rose for three flak gun positions were still there when I was stationed there, sure would ling to go back in time and get a few of the remaining compass degree placards. I'm sure they are all gone now http://wikimapia.org/7160904/Hanau-AAF- ... st-Kaserne

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Just a little history on the types of bombs used.

Just found out about the one in Munich myself - crazy stuff.

Anyway, I didn't see a video of the bomb explosion in the link you posted so I figured I'd supply one: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... -fire.html

Apparently, this problem is so bad that it has spawned a company that is dedicated to just finding the bombs!

Check this out: http://www.spiegel.de/international/bus ... 25836.html

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We dropped about 22 tons of bombs per square mile on Viet Nam and lord knows how many rockets, ever wonder how many UXB's are under how many rice paddys?

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just a matter of time until someone finds one. I wonder if they keep discovery information on the down low an bill the US Government for the removal and elimination .....

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Military History magazine has an article on UXO (Unexploded Ordnance) worldwide. A UK based group called the Mine Advisory Group has removed 1 million UXOs from Quang Tri province alone. Laos is thought to have millions of cluster bomblets. There is even a photo of a rusted cluster bomb casing with the bomblets still in it. The US is not immune since there are thousands of bombs and other explosive ordnance at old bombing ranges some of which have been sold for housing developments.

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That was exactly the case of the neighborhood where I grew up in the 70's and early 80's. In 1983 two kids (friends of my kid brother) were killed when they found an unexploded 37mm round and it detonated while they were handling it.

http://articles.latimes.com/1985-02-04/local/me-4154_1_tierrasanta-community

Another aspect of old bombs is old veterans. Many waste disposal outfits deal with them several times a year as families dispose of GrandDad's "dud" souvenirs in the trash.

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Many of the shells found by French farmers are WWI Mustard Gas shells that are leaking. The video I watched said that every now and then a farmer's plow hits a shell and explodes. Mostly they just pick them up and stack them at the end of their rows and the govt comes by and picks them up like trash. I didn't see any bombs, it seems that they are deeper and hardly ever encountered.

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