A World War Two bomb containing 290lb (131kg) of “high explosives” has been found in Portsmouth harbour. The ordnance was discovered by a dredger in the water at about 03:00 GMT, the Royal Navy said. Specialist divers at the scene said the bomb posed a “very serious threat”. It was towed out to sea and […]
During the Target Investigation phase of a project near Thetford Forest, Norfolk, 1st Line Defence UXO Specialists found a live British 500lb high explosive bomb in an area where future intrusive works were planned. The bomb was identified and excavated by one of our experts, who put into place emergency procedures, evacuating the area, advising […]
An unexploded 50kg World War Two bomb found in the River Thames has been removed and exploded. The operation by the Royal Navy and Metropolitan Police forced Waterloo Bridge, Westminster Bridge and Victoria Embankment in central London to shut. A Ministry of Defence spokesman said the WWII device had been towed along the river to […]
54,000 people were evacuated from the city of Augsburg, southern Germany, after construction workers discovered an unexploded World War Two bomb on Christmas morning. Because of the size of the 1.8 tonne bomb, the evacuation zone was 1.5km. Although evacuations of this sort are common, this is the biggest single evacuation for an unexploded Allied […]
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