Explosion kills British, Australian WWII bomb specialists in Solomon Islands

[428cj]

Over 75 plus years later.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/wwii-bomb-detonators-solomon-islands-explosion

 

[xerts1911]

Uh, Welcome

 

[XJThrottle]

They won't do that again.

 

[smithers599]

Posted this in the wrong place, perhaps?

 

[xerts1191]

Think so, 428cj has been around here, still a good story to read

 

[mtptwo]

UXB isn't any joke. WWII is still killing people. Heck, WWI is still killing people.

 

[knockonit]

disarming compression type triggers is ugly, especially in a humid or old climate area, the corrosion really creates issues, imo, best to set a charge and set it off, the right jiggle, or nudge and boom, its lights out, bummer the fellas got sky high, happens to the best of them
Rj

 

[OH-MAN]

Wow,
Knowing nothing about explosives how long can the explosive part last?
75 years in the tropics is a rough climate to survive that long.