A total of 2,348 bombs weighing 41 tons were disposed of during fiscal year 2023, the Reuters news agency reported, citing the Self-Defense Force.
Holy shit. Other than the obvious, I never learned much in school about the Allied bombing campaign in Japan during WWII… which, now that I think about it, was probably on purpose.
This is going to be one of the horrors of Ukraine. A legacy of landmines that will not be cleared in most of our lifetimes, even if the war ended today.
Not the same as unexploded airdropped ordinance, but significantly worse.
Not just mines, but sleeper drones with onboard AI that just sit there for decades due to an extra zero in a config variable before suddenly activating as if the war is still happening.
If this is a real and documented concern, please provide sources so I can take a look. Otherwise, no, batteries will not hold a charge for decades, landmines and unexploded ordinance are analog, it will last as long as the mechanisms and explosive payload aren’t damaged, or corroded.
The Doolittle raids are fairly well know but the fire bombings carried out after that were not. The E-46 cluster bomb was pretty terrible 3 - 5 seconds after hitting the ground a small explosion would ignite and spread flaming napalm. The updraft from the fires was so bad some bombers lost control and crashed.
Japanese cities were primarily built using wood as it was better suited for their climate and earthquakes. The fire bombing of Tokyo with a single deadliest attack on the Japanese mainland, killing even more than either atomic bomb drop.
Holy shit. Other than the obvious, I never learned much in school about the Allied bombing campaign in Japan during WWII… which, now that I think about it, was probably on purpose.
This is going to be one of the horrors of Ukraine. A legacy of landmines that will not be cleared in most of our lifetimes, even if the war ended today.
Not the same as unexploded airdropped ordinance, but significantly worse.
Not just mines, but sleeper drones with onboard AI that just sit there for decades due to an extra zero in a config variable before suddenly activating as if the war is still happening.
If this is a real and documented concern, please provide sources so I can take a look. Otherwise, no, batteries will not hold a charge for decades, landmines and unexploded ordinance are analog, it will last as long as the mechanisms and explosive payload aren’t damaged, or corroded.
It may have got mentioned in passing in relation to the nukes, but most people only remember those.
If you’re interested in the worst of it you should look up firebombing and why it was so effective against Japan.
The one thing that Commodore Perry didn’t trade them was copies of The Three Little Pigs.
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The Doolittle raids are fairly well know but the fire bombings carried out after that were not. The E-46 cluster bomb was pretty terrible 3 - 5 seconds after hitting the ground a small explosion would ignite and spread flaming napalm. The updraft from the fires was so bad some bombers lost control and crashed.
Japanese cities were primarily built using wood as it was better suited for their climate and earthquakes. The fire bombing of Tokyo with a single deadliest attack on the Japanese mainland, killing even more than either atomic bomb drop.
Not just in Japan, in Europe as well.
We’re still finding random shit from all sides, IIRC there is a fully loaded German heavy bomber on the bottom of the lake near where I grew up