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    Der japanische Flughafen wurde durch die Explosion einer US-Bombe geschlossen, die wahrscheinlich aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg stammt


    Der japanische Flughafen wurde durch die Explosion einer US-Bombe geschlossen, die wahrscheinlich aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg stammt

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/japan-airport-closed-explosion-us-bomb-likely-dating-world-war-ii-rcna173581

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    1. _PM_ME_YOUR_FORESKIN on

      So incredible that there are (so far) no injuries reported. Equally terrifying there are undetonated bombs littered around the planet. Literal ticking time bombs decades later.

    4. FiveFingerDisco on

      Yeah, we keep finding out several generations after our ancestors decided to fuck around here in Germany, too. We still have regular finds of WWII bombs.

    6. OwnGur6523 on

      Breaking news. USA bomb explodes in Japan. Tensions rise. Masses condemn this horrific attack on the Japanese people. Free Japan! 🇯🇵

    8. TDYDave2 on

      Unexploded ordinance detection is still required in many parts of the world and adds significantly to the cost of construction projects.

    13. Tcchung11 on

      Kids going to have their limbs blown off in Russia and Ukraine for the next 50 years from unexploded ordnance

    14. on_ on

      Miyazaki airport has 2.000.000 passengers annually. All those people unknowingly passing with jet planes with all that vibrations next to a bomb with a ready detonator for 80 years, and yet decides to explode when nobody is around. Crazy.

    15. SideburnSundays on

      The airport was build on the site of an IJN base that was obviously pounded during the war. And no one thought to do a survey for unexploded ordnance before starting construction?

    16. Significant_Cow4765 on

      see: bomblets in Cambodia. Five people were killed in April of this year. Cambodian deminers are currently training Ukranians.

    17. plaincoldtofu on

      A 3 foot deep hole 🤔 Something tells me that they were supposed to check for things like this before constructing that runway.

    19. Potential_Steak_1599 on

      If a person was to die from something like that, would they be counted as a WWII casualty?

    20. Dennyisthepisslord on

      In the UK and Germany it’s not a rare story to hear about an unexploded bomb having to be dealt with.

    22. LeftLane4PassingOnly on

      “the cause of the explosion was an American bomb that had been buried beneath the land surface, probably dating to a wartime air raid, the official said.”

      Trump campaign will probably release a statement claiming this wouldn’t have happened if he was President.

    23. haggard_hominid on

      Glad it wasn’t a garden filled with Yams.. that scene still makes me want to cry..

    27. ManateeofSteel on

      Japanese World War 2 deniers are gonna have a hard time explaining this one

    29. do_you_know_de_whey on

      Shouldn’t have fucked with our boats 😤

      But actually glad to see there are no injuries

    30. Lylac_Krazy on

      you hear quite often of them unearthing bombs in Europe.

      I never hear of that in Japan, but i’m sure they dig up UXO often also.

    31. MerryGoWrong on

      Wild, the bomb was embedded deep underground and the airport runway was built over it without anyone knowing it was there.

    33. Electrical_Car_2495 on

      Not so fun facts:

      The most heavily bombed country per capita in the world, Laos is estimated to have 80 million UXO scattered across the country. The bombs are mainly the result of US aerial bombing campaigns during the Vietnam War. The bombs are often referred to as “bombies” locally and can resemble toys like whiffle balls or miniature windmills. Farmers sometimes accidentally unearth the bombs while working, or people cooking outdoors near them may be injured.

      An estimated 19% of Vietnam’s landmass is contaminated with UXO. PeaceTrees EOD teams continue to find 60–100 UXO each week.

      Cambodia has recorded more than 64,000 civilian deaths or injuries from UXO since the 1970s. There are still reports of at least one munitions-related accident almost every week.

      International organizations are concerned about the issue of clearing the bombs, but they are not optimistic about short-term progress. The cost of clearing the bombs is also a major factor, as it would take thousands of years to completely clear the bombs in Laos alone.

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