Does three days sound right to you, to light off this mess -- out in the middle of nowhere?
I think our bowlegged little Italian EOD could have arranged a blow in a lot less time than that!
Hell, we never wanted to hang around a place like that, for that long!
Semper Fi
Does three days sound right to you, to light off this mess -- out in the middle of nowhere?
At one base I spent time at, there was a regular daily disposal controlled blast that caused a huge mushroom cloud. Some of these munition piles are 40-50 tons. It took the crew most of the day to emplace and rig the charges. According to some sources there was enough munitions to blow consistently every day like this for three years.
I'll bet they had a continuous chicken roast going for all three days! And omelets!
Yep easy three or four day drill.....
Recon, Recovery, ID, Prep or transport if area is not safe and then theres the new contractural requirements with commercial civy made up of old retired EOD troops that get the big shots unless immediate safety / securiy is an issue.
ie; a small SF team sneaking and peaking would put charges on this pile and depart to watch the kickouts and sh*t and go blind panic from the terrorists. A fun kind of day per se...But a large engineer unit with engineers, large protective force and EOD troops will take their time and use the info as discovered.....:o)
As this was found it'll be a slow process as security is established and the stuff can be transported to an ASP or established demolition site for safe disposal.
BTW this title is kinda confusing. I read about this yesterday yet this one led me to believe a cache was found IN ALASKA......SLB pinged me on it I believce
The unit was deployed from alaska.......LOL !