CMAC divers haul in big, US-made bomb

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Brent Crane

A 227-kilo, US-made Mark-82 bomb was recovered from the Tonle Sap river without incident by an elite Cambodian dive team yesterday morning. According to Mike Nisi, a former US Navy SEAL who supervised the dive, four 105mm artillery shells were also found in two river sites near Preak Pnuv, just south of Phnom Penh, over the 10-day operation.

The US-supported Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) Salvage Dive Unit consists of 11 Cambodian divers. In yesterday’s three and half hour operation, the Cold War-era bomb, which was submerged 6-metres deep in water with “zero visibility”, was brought to the surface using a remotely inflated balloon that was attached to the ordnance by a diver, said Nisi.

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