geovalin Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Mech Dara An excavator operator was lucky to escape with his life on Monday evening after striking a 1970s-era Mk-82 bomb while digging in Ratanakkiri province’s Lumphat district. Chum Touch, police chief of Lbaing I commune, where the unexploded ordnance was found, said the excavator had unearthed the 227-kilogram bomb while he was digging to make a canal. “It was lucky that his excavator did not crush the bomb, and that the bucket just touched the bomb and pulled it from the ground,” Touch said yesterday. read more http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national -- © Copyright Phenom Pen Post 20/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfalfa19 Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 I'm glad he did not sell it to scrap metal dealers to be cut up with torches , as happened in BKK, demolishing a city block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beats56 Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Would that bomb be from WW2 era? If so that is what 70 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon467367354 Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Just now, Beats56 said: Would that bomb be from WW2 era? If so that is what 70 years ago. could be one the US Inc dropped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belzybob Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 16 minutes ago, Beats56 said: Would that bomb be from WW2 era? If so that is what 70 years ago. " a 1970s-era Mk-82 bomb " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargeezr Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 No Boom, No Harm, No Foul. Lucky guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon467367354 Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 43 minutes ago, Belzybob said: " a 1970s-era Mk-82 bomb " looks to me like it's a 60's era bomb http://web.ipmsusa3.org/content/mk-82-bombs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilostmypassword Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_82_bomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiochaser Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 I was about 200 yards from a 500 pound bomb explosion. It made an impressive amount of noise. Made me happy that it wasn't a 1000 pound bomb a different aircraft was carrying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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