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Air Force Plane Mistakenly Drops Device in Britain

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the will start a heck of a wild fire. Last deployment we had a helo the was hit by small arm fire one of the rounds set off the extra sunburst the were inappropriately stored in the hellhole. downed the "bird". Just wasent there day to fly.

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One report noted that unexploded ordnance had killed about 38,000 people in Indochina since that war ended in 1975.

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OOPs, Someones in alot of trouble. Accidents happen, At least it wasnt a bomb. Are they talking about an underwing countermeasures container or a single unit of chaff that didnt deploy when it was released? :dntknw:

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what could be so dangerouse about a chaff dispencer. Maybe a flare despenser could burn someone but chaff? What is so dangerouse about chaff?

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The firing mechanism is dangerous. Very dangerous.

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The firing mechanism is dangerous. Very dangerous.

 

A B-1B chaff dispenser blow a coffee can (size and weight) container full of chaff clear of the tail...at 540 knots.

 

You do NOT want to mess with these things.

 

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Looks like EOD is gonna be busy.

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Guest Bounder
Looks like EOD is gonna be busy.

 

 

Aint that the doggone truth! :rolleyes:

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The strange thing is that the incident has not been reported here in the UK on either the National or regional TV or Radio news or any of the National papers and the only paper that has reportedly covered the story is a free paper handed out at Supermarkets the equivalent of your Walmart.

 

We don't tend to worry unduly about these things as we are always digging up unexploded ordanance in our back gardens left over from some past conflict the fields around our house in Sussex are full of military remains dating as far back as the Romans!

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Maybe it landed in a Crop Circle

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I'm sure there aren't too many unexploded Roman devices left around. :wink:

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