To: Fantasywriter
I hope this isn’t a stupid question, but why didn’t it go off when it was dropped? If it managed to hit the ground from a plane w’out exploding, is that any indication it could be a dud?
There are a lot of unexploded bombs from World War II in all of the theaters. They still find them in England, Japan, mainland Europe, Russia. Hell, we still find unexploded ordnance here in the US from WWII.
To: af_vet_rr
all kinds of ordinance was droppedin Delaware Bay after the war...alot of it is not mapped. they find some interesting things dredging. One guy in Delaware had a contractor order a load of gravel for his driveway, ended up with a front yard full of hand grenades.
25 posted on
10/27/2011 5:37:13 PM PDT by
coolbreeze
(giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teen-age boys.)
To: af_vet_rr
There are a lot of unexploded bombs from World War II in all of the theaters. They still find them in England, Japan, mainland Europe, Russia. Hell, we still find unexploded ordnance here in the US from WWII. A Richmond VA Civil War relic collector was killed a few years ago by one of his finds -- a civil war cannon shell loaded with black powder.
Jack
26 posted on
10/27/2011 5:37:31 PM PDT by
JackOfVA
To: af_vet_rr
all kinds of ordinance was droppedin Delaware Bay after the war...alot of it is not mapped. they find some interesting things dredging. One guy in Delaware had a contractor order a load of gravel for his driveway, ended up with a front yard full of hand grenades.
27 posted on
10/27/2011 5:37:33 PM PDT by
coolbreeze
(giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teen-age boys.)
To: af_vet_rr
Hell, we still find unexploded ordnance here in the US from WWII.
WWII? Heck, they STILL haven't fully cleaned out all the WW1-era chemical munitions in Spring Valley in DC.
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