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Dak Nong defuses three 227kg-bombs

The armed force of Tuy Duc district, the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong, has defused three bombs each unearthed in the locality.
Dak Nong defuses three 227kg-bombs ảnh 1Preparing for defusing bombs
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DakNong (VNA) - The armed forceof Tuy Duc district, the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong, has defused threebombs each unearthed in the locality.

Each MK82 bomb is 227kg in weight, 1.33m inlength and 27.3cm in diameter. They contain 87.2 kg of explosive substanceeach, with detonation diameter spanning 300 metres.

The bombs were found by local farmers in QuangTruc commune while he was doing field work in Bu Dar hamet.

Dak Nong is located in the south of the CentralHighlands and houses the key road connecting the region with the southeastregion. Once a warzone, the province has been tackling unexploded bombs formany years.

During the war, the US army dropped more bombson Vietnam than were deployed in the First and Second World Wars combined,according to the US organisation Clear Path International. 

It is estimated that about 30 percent of thebombs remain unexploded. -VNA
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