Indochina War explosives discovered in Mukdahan

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Indochina War explosives discovered in Mukdahan
By The Nation

 

 

MUKDAHAN: -- A bomb squad in northeastern province of Mukdahan on Wednesday unearthed 24 explosive devices including mortar and artillery shells believed to be left over from the Indochina War.

 

The squad transferred the weapons, which were found at a property owned by Hataithip Duangjan in Muang district, pending their destruction.

 

Security officials and an explosive ordnance disposal team were alerted at about 8am by workers who were constructing a fence for Hataithip when they found the explosives.

 

Some of the explosives were reportedly still active.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30317444

 

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[kotsak]

Safety first! I bet it's entertaining? 

[Somtamnication]

LOL. BOOM!

[wakeupplease]

Some people are very brave or absolutely stupid standing so close, in the real world the B Squad would use protection and keep the onlookers well away.

[steven100]

they're lucky none have exploded ...

[canuckamuck]

There's that missing 'what if' gene again.

[rijb]

1 hour ago, wakeupplease said:

Some people are very brave or absolutely stupid standing so close, in the real world the B Squad would use protection and keep the onlookers well away.

They're wearing protective hats.  And the submarine is on standby.

[Thechook]

These things are unpredictable and could explode anytime so why are they selling tickets and allowing people to stand around and gawk.  

[gk10002000]

There are times to be curious and times not to be.  I know this is excitement for the locals, but jesus.  Get the heck out of there

[kotsak]

I bet they are looking for the manifestation of lottery numbers.

 

[sanukjim]

Indochina War? Then these explosives are from 1954 or before.The last battle was over in April 1954 in the Red River area in Vietnam ( Battle of Dien Bien Phu ).

Edited June 8, 2017 by sanukjim

[Billy Bloggs]

Looks like the remnants of a burn pit to me, where E.O. is placed and allowed to cook off. Still would not have all and sundry standing around for a photo op however, just in.

[sanukjim]

It looks like the ammunition was buried there together and not live rounds fired from guns that did not explode therefore except for the water damage causing deterioration of the detonators   would not be as dangerous. Then again BOOM

[samjaidee]

33 minutes ago, sanukjim said:

Indochina War? Then these explosives are from 1954 or before.The last battle was over in April 1954 in the Red River area in Vietnam ( Battle of Dien Bien Phu ).

The Indochina Wars were a series of wars fought in Southeast Asia from 1946 until 1989.