[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Such a reaction could have "potentially unacceptable consequences"

Who does their press releases? Alexander Haig?

[templar]

The more I hear about this, the more amusing it becomes to me. We all hear about someone in Bosnia or Iraq or somewhere blowing themselves up trying to drill or pound out an unexploded artillery roung or rock or something to get the metal for salvage. It seems it (ordnance stupidity) isn't limited to the third worlders.

Wonder what property values in the vicinity of this plant are doing?

[Don Joe]

This is what scares me: "...the cracks in the explosive..."

They opened it up, and the explosive was cracked?

That means that if they'd tried to use that bomb, it would have fizzled. The implications (to me) are that if one was cracked, others may be cracked too.

I hope someone is looking into finding them, and repairing or replacing them!