[CPEO-MEF] Military bomb squads

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Deadliest catch
Military bomb squads are called daily to deal with munitions - from 
grenades to rockets - found in civilian hands in the U.S.

BY John Bull
Daily Press (VA)
June 7, 2007

HAMPTON --
Part five in a series

The trawler Bald Eagle II pulled into port with a load of fresh fish and 
an old metal barrel tucked in a deck corner.

This quickly brought the police, the fire department and a bomb squad 
from nearby Langley Air Force Base. Sirens wailed.

The metal barrel was a World War II-era depth charge.

Packing 300 pounds of explosives, it was live and extremely dangerous.

Crew members admitted that they had been fiddling with the settings.

The depth charge had been pulled up off Atlantic City, N.J., and brought 
to Wanchese Fish Co. in Hampton, along with fluke destined for market. 
The bomb squad hauled the depth charge away and blew it up April 3, 2006.

...

For the entire article and links to the official data bases, see
http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-22191sy0jun07,0,3509730.story


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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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