Workers unearth US bomb

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Niem Chheng

 

An unexploded bomb dropped by the US in the 1970s was found on Saturday and unearthed yesterday by the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) in Svay Rieng province’s Svay Chrum district, according to CMAC director Heng Ratana.

 

Ratana said the MK-82 was found in Ou Samdei village and weighed more than 200 kilograms, including almost 90 kilograms of explosive substance. “It could destroy buildings within 800 metres to 1,500 metres . . . We used to see such bombs often,” he said.

 

Scholar Ben Kiernan has estimated that the US dropped 500,000 tonnes of ordnance on Cambodia during the 1960s and ’70s in an effort to disrupt Vietcong supply lines.

 

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[12DrinkMore]

I doubt that a 500 lb bomb would destroy buildings 800 metres away.

 

More like 20 metres.

[sanukjim]

46 minutes ago, 12DrinkMore said:

I doubt that a 500 lb bomb would destroy buildings 800 metres away.

 

More like 20 metres.

That looks like a 250 pound bomb. It would have made a cone type creator about 5 meters deep and about 12 meters across in loose soil.

[bangon04]

" estimated that the US dropped 500,000 tonnes of ordnance on Cambodia during the 1960s and ’70s in an effort to disrupt Vietcong supply lines. " 

 

sounds like they are still working......