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Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian03 Oct 2024 11:33 a.m. PST

An American World War II-era bomb buried beneath a busy Japanese airport exploded Wednesday, cratering a busy taxiway and forcing the cancellation of dozens of flights, officials said…

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Personal logo Herkybird Supporting Member of TMP03 Oct 2024 2:02 p.m. PST

Ha, the next thing we can expect is Godzilla poking his head up!

HMS Exeter03 Oct 2024 5:45 p.m. PST

Gorilla -1 + 80

Andrew Walters04 Oct 2024 8:59 a.m. PST

There are thousands and thousands of unexploded bombs under Germany and Japan. I don't even want to think about Viet Nam. We're assuming they're going to just sit there, but every few years we get reminded that this isn't true.

Zephyr104 Oct 2024 2:21 p.m. PST

It probably had a time-delay fuse that finally decided to start working after all these years. Stranger things have happened… ;-)

jgawne05 Oct 2024 7:09 p.m. PST

One of the thing they are finding is that some of the explosives crystalize over time, making them very unstable.

Every year there are a few spontaneous explosions in various places, but unexploded ordnance is getting much more dangerous to deal with.

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