Huh? A timetraveling bomb was dropped?
Yes, the bomb travelled forward in time at one minute per minute
It was a dud; normally when bombs get dropped and don’t explode, they’re considered to be a potential hazard at any time, but most people think that these duds are so old they can’t possibly be able to explode anymore.
In Europe we have a lot of old bombs laying around. We all know that when we dig up an old bomb we should get the hell away from it.
Whoops!
Other unexploded ordinance dropped by the United States
Dropping bylaws on the masses
Wait until they hear about Vietnam, Cambodia, etc…
If the planet survives this genocidal empire, it will take centuries to undo the damage.
Japan earned every bomb dropped on it with change to spare, unlike Vietnam and Cambodia. They’re not equivalent, and this bomb didn’t cause any casualties.
So you’re saying, the US just bombed Japan?
“Cap, why are you putting an 80-year fuse on that bomb?”
“Because they’ll never suspect it!”
His brother was in Bhutan, and he didn’t quite understand the difference between a cold dish and a frozen one.
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.
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
But why did they leave it there?
Hey Mr. Kimura, where should we build our new airport?
Mr. Koizumi, we have a big plot of empty land over here, do you remember why we haven’t built anything there yet?
… No?
… Okay!
Foreshadowing.
Someone was paid to push dirt over a small hole to build a runway not dig for bombs.
It likely buried itself deep into the ground after it dropped from the bomber and failed to detonate.
bombs are single use, there’s no need to pick it up now
why it was there in the first place? they probably had no idea, or if there was post-war cleanup it went undetected for some reason
Me, realizing she was flirting with me at that party 15 years ago.
You shit yourself and cleared the house?
So like if these kill ya, are you a WW2 fatality?
Not sure how it’s handled in Japan but I know this is how it works in Germany and France, for both WW1 and WW2.
