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TommyT139

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2. Age makes it more likely

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 07:42 PM

17 hrs ago

I was curious too.

Aging, unexploded ordnance from the Second World War are becoming more sensitive to impact as the years pass. That’s because one of the explosives inside them is becoming more sensitive with age than previously thought, creating a greater risk of unexpected detonation of these bombs whether they are, storage facilities or uncovered near homes.

https://taskandpurpose.com/history/unexploded-bombs-world-war-2/

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Large parts of Dresden to be evacuated after 250kg WW2 bomb found [View all] DJ Synikus Makisimus 18 hrs ago OP

If the bomb hasn't detonated in 80+ years, why do they think it's dangerous now? FakeNoose 18 hrs ago #1

Age makes it more likely TommyT139 17 hrs ago #2

Also, the fuses are more sensitive due to degradation. /nt artemisia1 14 hrs ago #11

I would guess they want to mess with it to make SURE it's never going to blow up AZJonnie 17 hrs ago #5

40 years ago it was quite common to find old WWII bombs and sea water mines still floating Shellback Squid 14 hrs ago #10

We are still finding dangerous ordinance from WWI. James48 16 hrs ago #7

You reminded me of the area51 13 hrs ago #12

Beat it with a hammer! What doesn't kill you makes you stronger! Hassin Bin Sober 15 hrs ago #8

I learned a lot about Dresden after I graduated from college and the wind ensemble that I was in TexasTowelie 17 hrs ago #3

How interesting that I just watched the new Nuremburg movie on Netflix Nictuku 17 hrs ago #4

bury it under a mound of dirt and detonate. advice based on my years of demolition lol nt msongs 17 hrs ago #6

"4,000 tons of bombs in the assault on the city" a great many were incendiary bombs, 40% or so Shellback Squid 14 hrs ago #9

Man killed by exploding Civl War shell in 2008 NBachers 11 hrs ago #13

So it goes Jose Garcia 9 hrs ago #14