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Royal Navy bomb disposal team blew up a World War II explosive device after it was found by a walker at Taddiford Gap.
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A controlled explosion has been carried out on a suspected World War Two bomb in Coleraine. Police were contacted after the device was discovered in the Strand Road area of the town shortly after ...
A controlled explosion has taken place at the site where a large Second World War-era bomb was found in County Down, Northern Ireland. More than 400 homes have been evacuated in the Rivenwood area ...
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The nuclear bombing of Japan in 1945 is widely credited with hastening the end of the Second World War. Even if true, was it ...
Two children have found an old bomb while out with a metal detector. The bomb disposal unit Dovo checked the American artillery bomb from the Second World War and detonated it.
Brimstone began with "delicate hand digging" around the initial pit and, over a two-day period, found a further 90 practice ...
The propellers on some World War II-era bombs were meant to delay the bombs' detonation without requiring direct remote activation. World War II was a showcase of major new scientific developments ...
Three U.S. World War II bombs found in Cologne defused after prompting the evacuation of 20,000 residents and the closure of hospitals, businesses and transportation routes.