Japan’s military cleared 20,138 pieces of ordnance weighing 11.47 tons in the past fiscal year, as the former battleground continues to yield buried ammunition.
Firefighters battling wildfires in Europe are finding bombs beneath their feet. The reason involves one of the most famous battles from World War II.
Wildfires burning across Europe have begun igniting and exposing buried munitions from both world wars, forcing firefighters to dodge explosions while battling blazes on former battlefields. Blasts from old bombs and mines have been reported in France, Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands this wildfire season, as flames sweep through forests and peat bogs that have […] The post Europe's wildfires are detonating buried World War bombs, turning old battlefields into live minefields appeared first on American Almanac .
Wildfires burning across Europe have begun igniting and exposing buried munitions from both world wars, forcing firefighters to dodge explosions while battling blazes on former battlefields. Blasts from old bombs and mines have been reported in France, Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands this wildfire season, as flames sweep through forests and peat bogs that have concealed unexploded ordnance for decades. In Belgium's eastern province of Liege, Governor Hervé Jamar confirmed that "a few sporadic detonations" were recently heard in a fire zone sitting directly atop ground fought over during the Battle of the Bulge. Emergency crews have had to adjust their operations to account for the munitions buried beneath them, the Associated Press…Open
A bomb scare in Nago-Torbole after a beachgoer brought a hand grenade ashore from Lake Garda prompted authorities to evacuate the immediate vicinity.
The bomb squad safely removed a reported grenade found in Philadelphia on Thursday morning.
‘I couldn’t see a fuse and need to get some help quick.’
State of the Union: The Pentagon announced the death of another U.S. soldier in Iraq and is working to identify human remains in Jordan. The post BREAKING: Third American Service Member Killed in Iran War This Weekend appeared first on The American Conservative .
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Sunday that a third service member had been killed in action this weekend. The service member, who has not been named, was killed in northern Iraq during what CENTCOM described as a “controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone.” Another service member was injured in the incident and is receiving medical care. CENTCOM also confirmed that it had recovered unidentified human remains from Jordan, where a separate Iranian attack Saturday resulted in two confirmed U.S. deaths and one service member reported missing in action. Efforts to identify the remains are “ongoing,” according to the Pentagon. The three confirmed fatalities this weekend bring…Open
U.S. forces said Sunday they found the remains of an unidentified service member near the Jordan air base where two American troops were killed in an Iranian missile attack. The big picture: The disclosures bring the number of U.S. service members killed in the conflict to 18, as U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) also revealed an American service member was killed Saturday in northern Iraq during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone. What we know: At least two Iranian ballistic missiles struck the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, which hosts U.S. troops and fighter jets, on Friday. - CENTCOM said in a statement the service member's remains were found after a thorough search and that an…
There are dozens of sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz that will require months to remove once operations begin, the Italian defense ministry said.
A World War II bomb discovered during road construction work near Clay Kaserne in Wiesbaden, Germany, forced evacuations, road closures and access restrictions.