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What amazed me they hade the bomb since the 1960’s incredible it never went off and I am glad it did not.
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Proof of certain reliability from the device… at least that one…  |
Eather that or the detonator was bad!  |
I wonder what their definition of "live" is. One might consider the presence of explosives in the bomb even with the detonator removed to be live nowadays although it probably wouldn't have been back then. |
Well, some old explosives can degrade in dangerous ways. If it contained picric acid for example, then a reaction with the metal in the bomb could produce dangerously sensitive picric acid salts. The picric acid itself it pretty safe (explosive, but not sensitive enough to explode from normal falls etc.) but an explosion of the salts could set off the main charge. With stable explosives it would be safe.