US EditionAccidental Blast at Okinawa Base Tied to Rust Removal on Old Anti-Tank Shell
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Accidental blast at Okinawa base tied to rust removal on old anti-tank shell
An explosion last month at a munitions storage facility on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, occurred when Japanese soldiers accidentally detonated a fuse on a World War II-era anti-tank shell, Japan’s military said Thursday.
On the 10th, the 15th Brigade of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (Naha City) announced the results of an investigation into the explosion of an unexploded bomb in June this year at a temporary storage facility managed by the prefecture in the Kadena Ammunition Depot area (Yomitan Village, Okinawa Prefecture, etc.). During work to check for the presence or absence of a fuse, the bomb was struck by impact...
Following the explosion of an unexploded ordnance that occurred within the U.S. Kadena Ammunition Depot area (Yomitan Village, etc.), the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force notified all units across the country on the 10th of measures to prevent recurrence, including prohibiting the use of tools or impacts on unexploded ordnance whose fuse cannot be determined from the outside.
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