A Cambodia's Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) expert team has found and safely neutralized another war-left U.S.-made MK-82 aerial bomb in southwest Kampong Speu province, a mine clearance chief said on Thursday.
Heng Ratana, director general of the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC), said the bomb, weighing more than 230 kilograms, had been discovered in a pit in Phnom Sruoch district's Traeng Trayueng Commune. He said because the old bomb posed high risks, CMAC's EOD experts decided to use a remote-controlled machine to cut and defuse it. According to the official, since the start of the year, the EOD expert team has unearthed and safely removed at least four MK-82 aerial bombs in different provinces including Kampong Cham, Kandal, and Kampong Speu.
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Source: People's Daily News
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