Britain's Ministry of Defense says a World War II-era bomb whose discovery prompted one of the largest peacetime evacuations in British history has been detonated at sea.

A World War II-era bomb whose discovery prompted one of the largest peacetime evacuations in British history has been detonated at sea, the Ministry of Defense said on Saturday.

The 500-kilogram (1,100-pound) explosive was discovered Tuesday in the backyard of a home in Plymouth, a port city on the southwestern coast of Britain. More than 10,000 residents were evacuated to ensure their safety as a military convoy transported the unexploded bomb through a densely populated residential area to a ferry slipway, from which it was taken out to sea.

  • @aeronmelonEnglish
    15•9 months ago

    This still happens with regularity in Japan. Cities that were firebombed but still have pre-war buildings that tend to be found to have undetonated incendiary bombs under the floorboards / in the garden / sitting IN STORAGE with junk that hasn’t been sorted through in generations…

    • @cmbabulEnglish
      6•9 months ago

      Shit, when I was in college another school in the same state had to evacuate because someone brought what was believed to be a potentially still live civil war shell