It's fine; in about 500 years there'll be unexploded American ordinance in every country, probably America too if there's another civil war.
this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2024
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There's already UXO in America. In just the past four years, WWII have been discovered and detonated on three separate occasions - and that was just in New Jersey, I have no idea about what's gone on in other states.
There's a nuke underwater somewhere off Tybee Island, GA.
There’s a nuke unaccounted for that fell in Goldsboro, NC too. Could’ve broken apart but it could also just be buried out there somewhere
Somebody set the fuse incorrectly. Years Vs seconds - who cares about the difference.
More concerning, there's been aircraft landing on this thing for 80 years.
Taxiing!
With a landing/take off, there's a likelihood (maybe small) that the plane could be traveling fast enough to avoid the bulk of the blast.
Taxiing, there's no way.
There's a bomb defusal every couple of months in densely populated areas of my city still. When building in previously unbuilt areas you are required by law to have a bomb defusal team there with you when doing any sort of digging.
This is in Germany btw
Now the airport gets the opportunity to pay a civils contractor to rebuild the runway, thus raising the GDP of Japan. American economic development at its finest.
the u.s. just loves bombing japan so much it can't help itself, even now
They don’t even have to try to start bombing places, it seems.
Doesn’t sound unexploded to me.
A 500lbs. bomb doesn't get you very much. I'm surprised how little damage there is.