Close up of the bomb at the foot of Long Bien Bridge weighed 1350kg and was destroyed

It is known that the bomb salvaged by the military forces at the foot of Long Bien Bridge is produced by the US. The bomb was also destroyed in Bac Giang on November 29.

After discovering a strange object suspected to be a bomb at the foot of Long Bien Bridge, on the afternoon of November 28, the engineering force conducted a survey and salvaged the object.

"The clone" had to dive down to take place to salvage the object.

After salvage, the military forces confirmed this was the type of M-118 bomb produced by the US and dropped into Hanoi during the war.

The bomb has a weight of 1,350kg, with a length of 2.9m and a diameter of 0.35m, is a large-sized bomb designed to destroy buildings, damage people, objects on the ground or drill deep into the ground. destroying underground works.

After salvage, the bomb was brought to Bac Giang to conduct destruction on November 29.

It is known that the M-118 bombs were dropped a lot into Vietnam during the war.Currently, at the Cong Binh Museum (290 Lac Long Quan, Tay Ho, Hanoi), there are still many M118 type bombs discovered and processed by the Vietnamese Army.

M-118 bombs after being dropped, the wing of the bomb tail will orient to let the bomb fall into the ground, when touching the ground, poking at explosive particles causing detonating explosives, detonating explosives, detonating bombs.

However, when the fruit comes in contact with the ground without plugging the head down, the fire will not detonate and the bomb will remain in the same state.

With so many unexploded bombs still deep in the air, it will be an unspeakable danger because after long time these bombs can explode at any time with great destructive power.