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Biggest World War Two bomb found in Poland explodes while being defused
reuters.com ^
| OCTOBER 13, 2020
| Reuters Staff
Posted on 10/13/2020 11:33:05 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper
I was hoping there would be video...glad nobody was hurt.
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posted on
10/13/2020 11:34:48 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
("Leftism is the plaything of a society with too much time on its hands." - Candace Owens)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Blowed up real good?.....................
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posted on
10/13/2020 11:35:33 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Oh boy, that would make one serious crater. Over 5K lbs of explosive.
To: Berlin_Freeper
So... once the silt settles down... that's going to make an excellent Crappie hole?
I'll bring a bucket of worms and my fishing pole...
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posted on
10/13/2020 11:39:58 AM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(A Psalm in napalm...)
The deflagration process turned into detonation. The object can be considered
as neutralised, it will not pose any more threat, Second-Lieutenant Grzegorz Lewandowski,
the spokesman of the 8th Coastal Defense Flotilla, was quoted as saying by state-run
news agency PAP.
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posted on
10/13/2020 11:40:01 AM PDT
by
deport
To: Berlin_Freeper
Reuters hyperbole. The story was interesting enough without the headline making it sound like it exploded while someone was defusing it.
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posted on
10/13/2020 11:40:48 AM PDT
by
TangoLimaSierra
(Your tagline sucked, so it was deleted - Admin)
To: deport
[[The deflagration process turned into detonation. The object can be considered
as neutralised,]]
Lol- sounds like he’s saying ‘It dun exploded so it can’t explode anymore- we’re all safe now”
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posted on
10/13/2020 11:41:58 AM PDT
by
Bob434
To: Attention Surplus Disorder
It was called the earthquake bomb, Barnes Wallis designed it to penetrate deeply and literally shake everything on the surface to bits without creating a crater!
Amazing man, Wallis...
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posted on
10/13/2020 11:43:52 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Surely there must be someone on FR who makes bricks! Contact me if that's you!)
To: Berlin_Freeper
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posted on
10/13/2020 11:44:02 AM PDT
by
rrrod
(6)
To: rlmorel
Video:
https://twitter.com/GIS_Breaking/status/1316042016237727745
Global Intelligence Solutions Ltd (UK)
@GIS_Breaking
·
3h
Breaking: Polish Navy reports that the largest ever unexploded WW2 bomb found in Poland, a 5.4 tonne British ‘Tallboy’ or ‘earthquake’ bomb, detonated prematurely during the defusing process. Fortunately all military divers were clear of the danger area. #BREAKING #BreakingNews
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posted on
10/13/2020 11:45:16 AM PDT
by
maggief
To: Berlin_Freeper
And then there are the two or three huge mines that have been lost since WWI somewhere where the Western Front was.
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posted on
10/13/2020 11:48:12 AM PDT
by
hanamizu
To: Berlin_Freeper
To: null and void
At times the Brits have built some really innovative things.
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posted on
10/13/2020 11:49:50 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(Transmission tone, Selma)
To: wally_bert
Too bad cars weren't one of them.............🙄
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posted on
10/13/2020 11:54:23 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
To: Red Badger
My aunt’s TR6 was a prime example.
I remember seeing it with the hood up often and on ramps a lot back in the 70s.
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posted on
10/13/2020 11:56:44 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(Transmission tone, Selma)
To: hanamizu
IIRC, they have found all those mines in the last decade and a half. At least the lost ones that were known to exist but whose locations were not known - there may still be more that are not known at all.
Disarming/rendering safe those mines is another question entirely.
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posted on
10/13/2020 11:57:14 AM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Red Badger
The E-Type puts the lie to your statement. That said, innovative does not necessarily equal reliable.
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posted on
10/13/2020 11:58:15 AM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: TangoLimaSierra
“Reuters hyperbole. The story was interesting enough without the headline making it sound like it exploded while someone was defusing it.”
Not hyperbole. Absolute false reporting.
To: Berlin_Freeper
Misleading headline, but I’m glad no on was hurt.
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