WWII bomb kills excavator operator in Germany

Schroeder · 01-03-14, 10:34 AM

8 more injured.
Sad story. Shows again how dangerous that stuff still is.

http://www.dw.de/one-killed-after-wo...any/a-17340011

Admiral Halsey · 01-03-14, 10:46 AM

It's times like this that make me glad that neither the Enola Gay or Bockscar were shot down over Japan with the result the bombs got lost. Could you imagine what would happen today if one of them had been lost and suddenly went off?

01-03-14, 10:52 AM

The joys of excavating, you never know what you will find.
Sometimes its interesting, sometimes its annoying, other times its bloody dangerous.

Jimbuna · 01-03-14, 11:33 AM

Tragic and even more worrying is the knowledge there are probably still thousands more out there somewhere.

01-03-14, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Admiral Halsey

It's times like this that make me glad that neither the Enola Gay or Bockscar were shot down over Japan with the result the bombs got lost. Could you imagine what would happen today if one of them had been lost and suddenly went off?

Nukes don't just "go off", but they might open up over time and release their pretty pretty rays of happiness...

Catfish · 01-03-14, 01:01 PM

It's like with all those bombs ever dropped, like e.g. cluster bombs.
The only sure thing is (as a US general put it) that they reach the ground

Some bombs are especially 'smart', as they were designed to explode an hour or two later, so the firefighters and civilians trying to rebuild from the rubble would be killed after the raid. The 'blockbuster' bombs designed to collapse whole house blocks of cities dropped over Germany also were 'smart', some never exploded due to failure ('Blindgaenger')
And some bombs were designed to explode when trying to defuse them - some nice chapters in the 'english patient', about that.

B.t.w. there still are some nuclear missiles missing, that have been lost by submarines and planes, mostly including . And i do not want to know what the former soviet union 'lost' ..

Admiral Halsey · 01-03-14, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Nippelspanner

Nukes don't just "go off", but they might open up over time and release their pretty pretty rays of happiness...

"Pretty rays of happiness"? First time i've ever heard it be put like that.

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Originally Posted by Catfish

B.t.w. there still are some nuclear missiles missing, that have been lost by submarines and planes, mostly including . And i do not want to know what the former soviet union 'lost' ..

Isn't one of them near Savannah, GA?

Wolferz · 01-03-14, 01:40 PM

That's unfortunate. There are still plenty of munitions of the unexploded variety left over from WW II. In land and sea.

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Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	WWII bomb kills excavator operator in Germany 8 more injured. Sad story. Shows again how dangerous that stuff still is. http://www.dw.de/one-killed-after-wo...any/a-17340011 __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,014 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Tragic and even more worrying is the knowledge there are probably still thousands more out there somewhere. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	That's unfortunate. There are still plenty of munitions of the unexploded variety left over from WW II. In land and sea. __________________ Tomorrow never comes

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Admiral Halsey Best Admiral in the USN Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: USS Enterprise (CV-6) Posts: 1,740 Downloads: 317 Uploads: 0	It's times like this that make me glad that neither the Enola Gay or Bockscar were shot down over Japan with the result the bombs got lost. Could you imagine what would happen today if one of them had been lost and suddenly went off?

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Tribesman Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	The joys of excavating, you never know what you will find. Sometimes its interesting, sometimes its annoying, other times its bloody dangerous.

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,805 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	It's like with all those bombs ever dropped, like e.g. cluster bombs. The only sure thing is (as a US general put it) that they reach the ground Some bombs are especially 'smart', as they were designed to explode an hour or two later, so the firefighters and civilians trying to rebuild from the rubble would be killed after the raid. The 'blockbuster' bombs designed to collapse whole house blocks of cities dropped over Germany also were 'smart', some never exploded due to failure ('Blindgaenger') And some bombs were designed to explode when trying to defuse them - some nice chapters in the 'english patient', about that. B.t.w. there still are some nuclear missiles missing, that have been lost by submarines and planes, mostly including . And i do not want to know what the former soviet union 'lost' ..