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230kg bomb recovered from river in Ha Tinh

A 230kg bomb has just been recovered from a river in the central Ha Tinh Province according to local authorities.

A 230kg bomb has just been recovered from a river in the central Ha Tinh Province, local authorities said.

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The bomb was successfully recovered from the riverbed.
The bomb, which is 1.54m in length, 0.28m in diameter and weighs 230kg, was found in the Hoi Tren riverbed in Thach Ha District on Tuesday during construction of a sewage and canal system, according to Thach Ha Military Command. 

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An official at Thach Ha Military Command said that the bomb, coded MK82, was made in 1972 and dropped in the area when the US Army escalated bombing of northern Vietnam. The official also added that there likely remained a large quantity of unexploded ordnance in the area.

Source: dtinews.vn
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