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A 1,500 pound World War Two German mine was destroyed on Stert Island in Bridgwater Bay, Somerset on Saturday morning. The leftover ordnance was discovered by a local fisherman.
A huge 1,500lb Second World War German mine washed up on a beach was detonated by bomb disposal experts yesterday.
Authorities set up a one-mile exclusion zone around the device after it was spotted in mud by a fisherman on Thursday.
The 10ft-long, 26in-wide mine, dropped by a German aircraft, was due to be detonated on Friday night but technical difficulties delayed the operation.
The detonation was a source of amusement for the locals, fortunately. There is still an awful lot of unexploded stuff turning up over in Europe all these years after the war ended. The Bridgewater Bay website has photos and videos of the event.
War, World news | Gaius Sunday, 13 April , 2008
By Larry, Sunday, 13 April , 2008 @ 8:27 pm
Unexploded ordnance is seriously scary and seriously serious.But having said that, one of the best television series I remember seeing (the memories fade, I have not watched t3elevison in years) was "Danger, UXB". That stuff they couldn’t just blow up in place, it had to be de-fused and moved.And having rotted for what 60 years. Frightening.