2013 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 09:29:00 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, GLOBAL: "Japanese team to remove Palau bombs"
 
[This report is from March, but the work is ongoing. It provides a partial answer to the question: When do underwater munitions release their toxic contents? - LS]

Japanese team to remove Palau bombs
Radio Australia
March 6, 2013

A team of munitions disposal experts from Japan is in Palau to remove unexploded bombs lying dormant since World War Two.

The team intends to remove many hundreds of tonnes of depth charges, underwater in a shipwreck for seven decades.

Matsuko Ikeda from the Japan Mine Action Service says they will begin the clearance work by May at the latest.


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For the entire story and a link to the audio, see
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-06/japanese-team-in-palau-to- remove-world-war-two-bombs/4556596

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