[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, TECHNOLOGY: Maritime Test Range Complex, HI

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

An estimated 100,000 military bombs were sunk off Hawaii in the 1940s alone, according to a University of Hawaii researcher.

By Allyson Blair
Hawaii News Now
May 31, 2024 

HONOLULU - An estimated 100,000 military bombs were sunk off Hawaii in the 1940s alone, according to a University of Hawaii researcher.

Now there’s a new effort to find some of those aging munitions before they deteriorate further.

HNN Investigates learned that tests will begin soon on new kinds of technologies aimed at locating the explosives in places where people are most likely to come in contact with them.

During World War II, the United States military used the ocean as a means to dispose of an untold number of bombs and chemical weapons. Today, thousands of people flock to beaches, taking to the water not knowing what could be hidden beneath the surface.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2024/05/31/military-backs-new-work-locate-safely-detonate-wartime-munitions-dumped-off-hawaii/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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