Six Vietnamese killed by US war-era bomb

[TomSea]

Six Vietnamese killed by US war-era bomb
AFP

© Provided by AFP Since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, more than 42,000 people have been killed and over 62,100 injured by unexploded ordnance dropped by US aircraft, according government figures

Six Vietnamese villagers, including three children, were killed Friday when a US war-era bomb exploded in a mountainous area along the country's south central coast, state media reported.

Early reports said authorities believe the ordnance detonated after villagers discovered it in their farmland in Khanh Hoa province.

"The initial reason for the blast, which killed six, was that people were cutting open the 105 mm shell", reported VGPNews, the government's online mouthpiece.

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[Wingnut]

It happens. 

[endicom]

Bomb?

[Smokin Joe]

Bomb?

Idiot writer doesn't know artillery from CAS.

[Elderberry]

Bomb?

UXO

[endicom]

UXO

But there's O and then there's the other O.

[Elderberry]

 bomb:  an explosive device fused to detonate under specified conditions

Unexploded ordnance (UXO, sometimes abbreviated as UO), unexploded bombs (UXBs), or explosive remnants of war (ERW) are explosive weapons (bombs, shells, grenades, land mines, naval mines, cluster munition, etc.) that did not explode when they were employed and still pose a risk of detonation, sometimes many decades after they were used or discarded.

[Wingnut]

reason for the blast, which killed six, was that people were cutting open the 105 mm shell

Well there was the problem right there.  Everyone know the proper way to open up a 105 round is with a oxy acetylene torch and a sledge.

[Elderberry]

reason for the blast, which killed six, was that people were cutting open the 105 mm shell

Well there was the problem right there.  Everyone know the proper way to open up a 105 round is with a oxy acetylene torch and a sledge.

They probly fergot to get their bottles refilled. And junior wasn't there. He'd have just unscrewed the fuze head, propped the round in the camp fire and checked with a long twig to see when the TNT was melted. Then get big bro to get it outta the fire an pour out the TNT. 

Or the fuze threads were frozen tite and they didn't have any liquid wrench.

[GtHawk]

reason for the blast, which killed six, was that people were cutting open the 105 mm shell

Well there was the problem right there.  Everyone know the proper way to open up a 105 round is with a oxy acetylene torch and a sledge.

Their problem was not testing it first.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJKcdlj-Uiw

[Cyber Liberty]

It's a sad story, but why on Earth were they trying to cut it open? 

[Wingnut]

Curiosity killed the cat.

[catfish1957]

reason for the blast, which killed six, was that people were cutting open the 105 mm shell.

Is there a Darwin Group Award?