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I think the police are pretty much 100% busted, or the video on youtube was a ghost.

This was a journalist pretending to be undercover cop. When he is found he will be transferred to inactive position.

1. Police is always right

2. If not follow point no. 1

What is this THING? Looks like some Alien life form or giant mushroom. Doesn't look much like a bomb. See how it's all askew and out of line, as if made from some soft matter

A lot of arial ordnance doesn't look like a classic "cartoon style" bomb.

The OP did say that the digger did some damage to this one. It's a miracle it didn't explode, as these bombs had/have a very simple impact detonator, or fuse.

I just wonder if they have the necessary equipment to make it safe. Destroying it in-situ is not an option. It's reasonably unlikely they can get the fuse out and, as it's already fractured, it will be highly unstable. Maybe they will have to call in some foreign assistance here, but something tells me they won't.

Believe it or not, the SOP where I come from is to steam out the explosives with a sort-of vacuum cleaner.

Thai EOD teams are quite good. I've seen their training and their equipment and they are up to date with any other army / police teams. Usually the SOP is to move the explosive to blast proof container and move it away for destruction...

I'm wondering why there seems to be so many of these undetonated bombs being found given the relatively few (I'm guessing) Bangkok bombing raids. Could it be that the detonators did not function well when hitting/embedding-in Bangkok's soft mud/clay. Any (surviving) WWII aerial bomb detonator experts about to comment?

BTW, if anyone comes across one of these unexploded Tallboy Bombs, check what country you're in (after you put a sizable distance between it and you.

Usually, an aircraft bomb has a tail fuze (with a small propeller) that unscrew when dropped after few hundred meters which will arm nose fuze (usually impact / point detonating). If you see any WWII bombings, you can see the bombs dropped very fast and very close to each other. Sometimes they collided together in the air disabling tail fuze, then nose fuze was not armed when hit the ground and it did not explode. The tail of the bomb could be ripped off and bomb hit ground "backwards"... The other reason are malfunctions - the bombs were produced fast in large quantities...

What is this THING? Looks like some Alien life form or giant mushroom. Doesn't look much like a bomb. See how it's all askew and out of line, as if made from some soft matter

A lot of arial ordnance doesn't look like a classic "cartoon style" bomb.

The OP did say that the digger did some damage to this one. It's a miracle it didn't explode, as these bombs had/have a very simple impact detonator, or fuse.

I just wonder if they have the necessary equipment to make it safe. Destroying it in-situ is not an option. It's reasonably unlikely they can get the fuse out and, as it's already fractured, it will be highly unstable. Maybe they will have to call in some foreign assistance here, but something tells me they won't.

Believe it or not, the SOP where I come from is to steam out the explosives with a sort-of vacuum cleaner.

Thai EOD teams are quite good. I've seen their training and their equipment and they are up to date with any other army / police teams. Usually the SOP is to move the explosive to blast proof container and move it away for destruction...

I am not calling the local EOD teams' abilities into question.

What they have to deal with here is a highly unstable device, made FAR worse by the fact that it is damaged.

Their first priority is to try and remove the detonator. IF they can do that, they are nearly home and free, as the explosives can be neutralised with chemicals. I fear that getting the det out may not be feasible for a number of reasons, not the least will be either corrosion, or that it may be on the underside.

As for moving it into a blast proof container that would work, well I'll believe it when I see it. That thing is in a highly built-up area and I cannot conceive of anything that would contain the blast of 250Kg of Tritonal in such a scenario.

It gets more complicated than this, bombs usually have two fuzes (nose & tail), some were mechanic, some simple glass container with chemical (acid) that ruptured when bomb hit ground. The first thing is to identify the bomb and then you know what you are dealing with. And yes, Thais have experience with dealing with WWII bombs, they only make it to the news recently when one exploded, but many of them were dug up in Kanchanaburi and other places

Thai Bomb Squad in action !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRWVAXf0rhs

What is this THING? Looks like some Alien life form or giant mushroom. Doesn't look much like a bomb. See how it's all askew and out of line, as if made from some soft matter

A lot of arial ordnance doesn't look like a classic "cartoon style" bomb.

The OP did say that the digger did some damage to this one. It's a miracle it didn't explode, as these bombs had/have a very simple impact detonator, or fuse.

I just wonder if they have the necessary equipment to make it safe. Destroying it in-situ is not an option. It's reasonably unlikely they can get the fuse out and, as it's already fractured, it will be highly unstable. Maybe they will have to call in some foreign assistance here, but something tells me they won't.

Believe it or not, the SOP where I come from is to steam out the explosives with a sort-of vacuum cleaner.

Thai EOD teams are quite good. I've seen their training and their equipment and they are up to date with any other army / police teams. Usually the SOP is to move the explosive to blast proof container and move it away for destruction...

Oh righty. So they do all that for the pics - sparkling new vehicles and uniforms etc, then when it comes to the real stuff, they just wander over and stick a pin in it.

There has been a big change over the past years - a big leap in terms of knowledge, training and equipment. Given the situation in South, Thai EOD teams are one of the most experienced in SEA. FYI they regularly train with foreign forces and I can tel you they were impressed (talked to AFP guys about 10 months back who were here on exchange).

What is this THING? Looks like some Alien life form or giant mushroom. Doesn't look much like a bomb. See how it's all askew and out of line, as if made from some soft matter

A lot of arial ordnance doesn't look like a classic "cartoon style" bomb.

The OP did say that the digger did some damage to this one. It's a miracle it didn't explode, as these bombs had/have a very simple impact detonator, or fuse.

I just wonder if they have the necessary equipment to make it safe. Destroying it in-situ is not an option. It's reasonably unlikely they can get the fuse out and, as it's already fractured, it will be highly unstable. Maybe they will have to call in some foreign assistance here, but something tells me they won't.

Believe it or not, the SOP where I come from is to steam out the explosives with a sort-of vacuum cleaner.

Thai EOD teams are quite good. I've seen their training and their equipment and they are up to date with any other army / police teams. Usually the SOP is to move the explosive to blast proof container and move it away for destruction...

Does anyone have link to the questions on their web? Looks to me it's all in Thai only ...

I like the funny questions, like "which can drive at night on the road without lights on" and one of the answers, "tank during warfare"

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These people have no hesitation in placing people in danger for no reason than their own selfish self imposed propaganda, they would do more good to turn the country around by lobbying for the rice farmers to get their entitlements , under the rice scheme scam plus some compensation from the previous bunch of malcontents, than flogging the brand name of Shinawatra.

After six solid months of protesting by yellows, a yellow voice is raised against those who protest. Admit it. You're jealous the army won't guard your folks, right?

But I'm curious. Why would anyone at any time under any circumstances be in danger at Utthayan Road? The only danger I can see is if they are attacked. I can't see any other possible danger in that place or for a long way around it. Not just Khun chainarong.

Anyone have any idea what the danger is (or might be) at and around the Buddhamonthorn area, specifically on Utthayan Road? Other than snipers, sappers or artillery fire from a rogue and angry general with a personal vendetta who can't be trusted to obey orders and currently isn't doing so, I mean?

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I've seen what reds could do to a city in 2010, but so far did not see any burning building set up ablaze by yellows .... I hope the Army had learned their lessons in handling 2010 demonstrations and this time they will be better prepared.

Apache gun ships ?

Waste of money, rubber and pepper will be enough...

These people have no hesitation in placing people in danger for no reason than their own selfish self imposed propaganda, they would do more good to turn the country around by lobbying for the rice farmers to get their entitlements , under the rice scheme scam plus some compensation from the previous bunch of malcontents, than flogging the brand name of Shinawatra.

After six solid months of protesting by yellows, a yellow voice is raised against those who protest. Admit it. You're jealous the army won't guard your folks, right?

But I'm curious. Why would anyone at any time under any circumstances be in danger at Utthayan Road? The only danger I can see is if they are attacked. I can't see any other possible danger in that place or for a long way around it. Not just Khun chainarong.

Anyone have any idea what the danger is (or might be) at and around the Buddhamonthorn area, specifically on Utthayan Road? Other than snipers, sappers or artillery fire from a rogue and angry general with a personal vendetta who can't be trusted to obey orders and currently isn't doing so, I mean?

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I've seen what reds could do to a city in 2010, but so far did not see any burning building set up ablaze by yellows .... I hope the Army had learned their lessons in handling 2010 demonstrations and this time they will be better prepared.

Apache gun ships ?

Waste of money, rubber and pepper will be enough...

More desperation from Jatuporn.

CAPO tells the world they will assign a force to guard the reds then Jutaporn comes out and says the ones that are sent to guard them are there to crackdown on them.

He should have a talk to Chalerm so they can get their stories together.

Laughable that a red posts a photo of a soldier with a pump action shotgun which fires rubber bullets.

Then tries to make something of the fact that the officers who risked their lives to clear out the red rioters were promoted, which is fair enough as they were protecting the country against an armed insurrection.

While conveniently failing to mention that the leader of the 2010 army clear out of the red rioters sold out and was taken on as a PT MP.

The soldier with shotgun is, at that time Maj. Apirat Konsopong outside of Thaicom before they were evacuated facing red invasion....

No doubt the reds are sh** scared:

"Meanwhile, some of those who were responsible for aggressive actions against the red shirts have been promoted, including “Col Apirat Kongsompong, commander of the 11th Infantry Regiment (King’s Guards) which played a key role in dealing with red shirt demonstrators…” and Colonel Kiat Srinaka of the Queen’s Guards and “the influential military clique called Burapha Payak” who “played a key role in the clash with red shirt demonstrators at the Khok Wua intersection on April 10.”

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You can get CC with some limit (ie 50,000 THB) against guarantee of the same amount or on your wife name as 2nd card (if she can get one).

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Apparently it was not the actual Static Line - which is attached to each Parachute - that failed, it was the Cable which stretches down the length of the aircraft and to which the individual Static Lines are clipped prior to jumping. This Cable acts as a "Hard Point" to pull the Parachute from the backpack as the Jumper falls away from the 'plane.

I have not read anything about the height at which the trainees jumped but usually it is quite low, that, and the fact that these jumpers were very inexperienced (I believe that at least for some it was their first jump) meant that they did not have the experience or time necessary to realise their Main had not deployed and then go through the procedure to deploy the Reserve.

Patrick

The jump was from around 1,000m - which gives you less than 10 second to make decision to deploy reserve

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Someone needs to answer the question of whether the macho image of jumping out of an airplane is really necessary for police candidates in the first place

Oh look at my parachute wings that entitle me to ask for an even bigger bribe

Unless this is part of a new traffic police tactic to drop police at accident sites or congested intersections, why do the police even need this parachute training??

They were from the Border Patrol Police (BPP)

"It can be argued that Satish Sehgal was in violation of the law."

Enough said.

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How about Chalerm Son? Red bul guy? Muu Ham? Violating law here doesn't mean anything as long as you have money and connections

The Thonburi side of the Chao Phrayo River (a.k.a. western Bangkok) is indeed growing very fast....construction going on everywhere...like the new Central Mall they are building over here just outside the Bangkok City limits in Salaya, Nakhon Pathom province which borders Bangkok...this mall open mid year. I live in western Bangkok and see all the construction on a daily basis. Extension of the BTS into this part of Bangkok is really helping to create a construction boom...plus, central Bangkok has got very expensive/crowded so people and companies are opting for other parts of Bangkok.

Yes, lots of things to keep me home in Phutthamonthon these days and away from central Bangkok or even Pinklao. Some large Chinese type shopping center going up on Borom, too, along with the Homepro, and The Brio, the latter of which is sort of a poor man's K-Village--but with a Foodland--on Sai 4. Just four years ago, most of Borom on either side was elephant grass fields beyond Salaya. Now, more villages and a web of construction rocketing up, including the major improvement to Sai 5. I think the BTS will end somewhere around Salaya, eventually

Around 10 years ago I saw a plan to have some sort of train going up to Nakhon Pathom - from the pics it looked more like Airport Link.

I'm just wondering if anyone will be charged with lèse majesté...?

The more people they will arrest the more people will join the protest - simply because they will see the government is getting shit scared of them. If they put Chalerm and Tharit back in their cages and keep quiet the number of protesters will be much lower ...