Hubi@feddit.org to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoBomb dropped by U.S. in World War II explodes at airport in Japan, causing runway damage and cancellation of 80 flightswww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1378arrow-down13
arrow-up1375arrow-down1external-linkBomb dropped by U.S. in World War II explodes at airport in Japan, causing runway damage and cancellation of 80 flightswww.cbsnews.comHubi@feddit.org to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squareimPastaSyndrome@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down4·3 months agoBut why did they leave it there?
minus-squarejimbolauski@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down1·3 months agoSomeone was paid to push dirt over a small hole to build a runway not dig for bombs.
minus-squareyetAnotherUserlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoNot necessarily, bombs that don’t explode usually land on very soft ground - presumably the hole closed itself on top of the bomb right as it buried itself in.
minus-squareJo Miran@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down1·3 months agoIt likely buried itself deep into the ground after it dropped from the bomber and failed to detonate.
minus-squarex4740N@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·edit-23 months agoIt’s likely they didn’t know it was there
minus-squareskillissuerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agobombs 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
minus-squareimPastaSyndrome@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months ago no need to pick it up now I mean… Free metal! And uh… I guess if you don’t check it (which I assume they just didn’t know it was there) explosion.
minus-squareRentlar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoHey 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!
But why did they leave it there?
Someone was paid to push dirt over a small hole to build a runway not dig for bombs.
Not necessarily, bombs that don’t explode usually land on very soft ground - presumably the hole closed itself on top of the bomb right as it buried itself in.
It likely buried itself deep into the ground after it dropped from the bomber and failed to detonate.
It’s likely they didn’t know it was there
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
I mean…
Free metal! And uh… I guess if you don’t check it (which I assume they just didn’t know it was there) explosion.
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.