"US bomb explodes at busy Japanese airport" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill  | 03 Oct 2024 12:33 p.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… Fox News: link |
 Herkybird  | 03 Oct 2024 3:02 p.m. PST |
Ha, the next thing we can expect is Godzilla poking his head up! |
| HMS Exeter | 03 Oct 2024 6:45 p.m. PST |
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| Andrew Walters | 04 Oct 2024 9:59 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. |
| Zephyr1 | 04 Oct 2024 3:21 p.m. PST |
It probably had a time-delay fuse that finally decided to start working after all these years. Stranger things have happened… ;-) |
| jgawne | 05 Oct 2024 8:09 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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