DW: Who disarms Germany's WWII bombs?
Defusing bombs dropped over Germany during World War II is Horst Lenz's calling. He is summoned around 1,000 times a year to clear explosive devices. Lenz is guided by Murphy's Law: Anything that can go wrong, will.
Between 1940 and 1945, some 2.7 million tons of bombs were dropped on Europe by US and British forces, half of which landed in Germany. Of the roughly quarter million bombs that did not explode, thousands are still hidden underground all over the country.
Horst Lenz has been defusing bombs since 1984. The 63-year-old director of the Explosive Ordnance Clearance Service in Rhineland-Palatinate and his team of 15 is called in when bombs are found around the state. Last year they found around 35 tons of munitions and munition parts, including 63 unexploded bombs, 319 incendiary devices, 11 anti-tank mines, 444 grenades and 5,045 kilos of bullets.
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WNU Editor: Another country that is littered with unexplored ordinances is Russia. My mother's home town (and now city) is 50 km west of Moscow, and I know the person who is responsible for disarming and disposing World War II ordinances in that area. He is just as busy as Horst Lenz is in Germany, if not more so.
6 comments:
Very dangerous work. I imagine dong it with radioactive ordnance.
The 2 worst in the world is Cambodia and Laos. I've seen personally how bad it is. What the hell is radioactive ordnance? You mean Nukes? Or as we call them broken arrows.
Dave
Although the term depleted uranium is most used radioactivity also an issue. Here is the query.
"Medical issues caused by depleted uranium used in weapons"
If you can find a credible explanation why depleted uranium is not an issue please provide a link, other than of course some simple denial, even if that comes from a starred general.
Does depleted uranium become more radioactive?
"Thus, depleted uranium does not significantly add to the background radiation that we encounter every day"
World depleted uranium inventory
Country Organization Estimated DU stocks (tonnes) Reported
United States DOE______480,000_________________________2002
Russia FAEA____________460,000_________________________1996
France Areva NC________190,000_________________________2001
There are 12 countries that use depleted uranium. Bobby Sue only complains about one. He only complains about 1 country period.
You might benefit from actually reading the entire link item.
I would say the same to you Bob, but maybe you out to take some chemistry and physics first.
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