Super large cluster bomb discovered in Nghe An

(Baonghean.vn) -On the morning of May 12, Lieutenant Colonel Ho Thanh Hai - Deputy Chief of Staff of the Military Command of Quynh Luu District (Nghe An) said that the military discovered a bomb deep underground in Quynh Thang Commune, Quynh Luu District.

The cluster bomb was destroyed.

Accordingly, at 10:00 p.m. on May 10, 2014, people in Quynh Thang commune informed the Quynh Luu District Military Command that there was a bomb deep underground at Hoc Ray dam. Upon receiving the information, the Quynh Luu District Military Command asked for instructions from the Nghe An Provincial Military Command and the Quynh Luu District People's Committee to come up with a plan to destroy the bomb.

On the afternoon of May 11, nearly 100 officers including the District Military Command, militia, police, social insurance, and general hospital were present at the scene to destroy the bomb.

Lieutenant Colonel Ho Thanh Hai - Deputy Commander of the Chief of Staff of the Military Command of Quynh Luu District said that this is an extremely large cluster bomb, which was broken up during the process of being dropped by the US aircraft but did not explode and spread over a wide area of ​​about 0.5 hectares. This cluster bomb is identified as a BLU-46, spherical in shape, the bomb is filled with explosives and a detonator. The BLU-46 bomb shell is made of alloy mixed with marbles, each BLU-46 bomb has about 300 marbles. The diameter of the bomb is about 50 mm. The BLU-46 bomb is contained in a mother bomb with the symbol CBU25 (Cluster Bomb Unit 25), each mother bomb contains 350 BLU-46 sub-bombs.

After the bomb was successfully brought ashore, military officers used professional measures to destroy the bomb. By 10:00 p.m. on May 11, the bomb was completely destroyed, ensuring absolute safety.

Viet Hung