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No. of unexploded bomb disposal missions exceeds 30,000 in Okinawa

Thursday 11th December, 05:55 AM JST

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  • irishhighlander at 08:45 AM JST - 11th December

    I`ve always found it amazing that once the wars finish, the armies (or units) responsible for laying mines, or firing ordance do not go in and pick the stuff up. But then again, in France, they are still getting stuff from The First World War

  • soldave at 11:30 AM JST - 11th December

    irishhighlander - I think it's partly because they are not sure exactly how many bombs/missiles/mins etc were left unexploded.

  • fatloser at 01:41 PM JST - 11th December

    Unfortunately there was no break down of the numbers. Are they cleaning up a high percentage of their own waste or..??????????

  • Weasel at 04:11 PM JST - 11th December

    Sounds like job security for decades to come. Can't be that bad, beats not having a job.

  • FreeInJapan at 05:17 PM JST - 11th December

    Job security, sure, until one day when.. y'know, the guy says "whoops" and that's followed with a boom...

    Mad respect to these guys though.

  • The_Marion at 09:48 PM JST - 11th December

    During the many years I lived on Okinawa, I saw a few dud-bombs found while constructing roads and we have always known of the duds that exist in the Northern Training Area, but I suspect the recovery of "TONS" of bombs in justification for the existence of the Ground Self Defense Forces on Okinawa.

  • Rickyrab at 04:20 PM JST - 24th December

    Has ANY WWII bomb gone kaboom by accident in recent years? (Shrugs) On the other hand, it's probably safer to get rid of them, lest there be Darwin Award attempts and other nonsense.

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