[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: "Remote-controlled robot to play starring role in effort to find military munitions dumped at sea, " HI

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Remote-controlled robot to play starring role in effort to find military munitions dumped at sea
A remote-controlled robot will play a key role in a new project aimed at locating bombs and chemical weapons the military dumped off the coast of Oahu nearly a

By Allyson Blair
Hawaii News Now 
June 27, 2024

HONOLULU - A remote-controlled robot will play a key role in a new project aimed at locating bombs and chemical weapons the military dumped off the coast of Oahu nearly a century ago.

Researchers at UH-Manoa say Hawaii’s sea floor is littered with upwards of 100,000 rotting military munitions, some of which are believed to be very close to shore. HNN Investigates was there recently as crews prepared to test new technology designed to pinpoint the lost explosives.

For nearly a century, the ocean has hidden a part of Hawaii’s history most people know nothing about: At the end of World War II, the military sunk a portion of its wartime arsenal.

Most of the dumpsites were never documented.

“Back then your options were to burn the munitions, to bury the munitions or to dispose of them at sea. And disposing them at sea was seen as the least harmful option,” said University of Hawaii at Manoa Applied Research Laboratory director Margo Edwards.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2024/06/28/remote-controlled-robot-play-starring-role-effort-find-military-munitions-dumped-sea/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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