Undefined Explosive Device (UED)

Undefined Explosive Device (UED) event in Solent, Solent area, United Kingdom on Fri 24th September 2021

24th September 2021

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The operation to destroy the historic piece of ordnance took place earlier this afternoon. It came after a fishing vessel stumbled across the unexploded bomb, a 500kg SC500. Munitions expert from the Portsmouth-based Southern Diving Unit 2...

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United Kingdom (GBR)

Solent ( Solent area )

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