A number of unexploded bombs dropped by the U.S. military during World War II have been unearthed in the area, officials said.
    • jimbolauski@lemm.eeEnglish
      371·
      3 个月前

      Someone was paid to push dirt over a small hole to build a runway not dig for bombs.

      • yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        4·
        3 个月前

        Not necessarily, bombs that don’t explode usually land on very soft ground - presumably the hole closed itself on top of the bomb right as it buried itself in.

    • Jo Miran@lemmy.mlEnglish
      361·
      3 个月前

      It likely buried itself deep into the ground after it dropped from the bomber and failed to detonate.

    • skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      10·
      3 个月前

      bombs are single use, there’s no need to pick it up now

      why it was there in the first place? they probably had no idea, or if there was post-war cleanup it went undetected for some reason

      • imPastaSyndrome@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        3 个月前

        no need to pick it up now

        I mean…

        Free metal! And uh… I guess if you don’t check it (which I assume they just didn’t know it was there) explosion.

    • Rentlar@lemmy.caEnglish
      7·
      3 个月前

      Hey Mr. Kimura, where should we build our new airport?

      Mr. Koizumi, we have a big plot of empty land over here, do you remember why we haven’t built anything there yet?

      … No?

      … Okay!