Detect and destroy a bomb with a 3km radius of destruction
(Baonghean.vn) - Captain Bui Xuan Thang - Head of the Bomb and Mine Department - Brigade 414 said that this is a 500 LBS bomb, with terrible destructive power, spreading in a radius of up to 3km.
At about 11:00 a.m. on May 10, 2019, the Do Luong District Military Command coordinated with the Engineering Brigade 414 - Military Region 4 to salvage and destroy a bomb left over from the war period, at the bomb disposal training ground in Thanh Thuy commune, Thanh Chuong district.
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| The bomb is half submerged vertically in the water, with black letters on a dark background. Photo: Ngoc Phuong |
Previously, at 5:00 p.m. on May 8, 2019, Mr. Bui Dang Thanh, a citizen of Hamlet 4, Van Son Commune, Do Luong, discovered a 1.2m long, 0.45m diameter bomb at the edge of a ditch in Hoi Tam Hamlet, Van Son Commune, 300m south of National Highway 7B.
The bomb was half submerged vertically in the water, with black lettering on a dark background. The bomb casing was still shiny, one side was dented.
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| The bomb was transported for destruction. Photo: Ngoc Phuong |
After discovering the discovery, Mr. Bui Dang Thanh reported to the People's Committee of Van Son commune. The commune military command and Van Son commune police immediately went to the scene, and at the same time assigned and mobilized militia forces to guard and put up signs prohibiting all citizens from approaching the area where the bomb was located.
Captain Bui Xuan Thang - Head of the Bomb and Mine Division - Brigade 414 said that this is a 500 LBS bomb, with terrible destructive power, spreading in a radius of up to 3km.
