Still Digging Up UXOs in Cambodia

AndyKK · Post by **AndyKK** » Thu Dec 30, 2021 4:47 pm

It would be a large problem, the soldiers at the time buried the arms so the enemy didn't find them and use them against themselves, it would have been very unlikely the other side would be digging around looking for them, with the fear of Bobbie trap's. Also the problem now with the time being buried, such as the weapons becoming more unstable, and the rain's actually moving them around. When you think how many explosive device's have been laid and found on land, it's for sure the less detected are still going to be more of a challenge! The ones that are laid in the many water sources of the country.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Wed Jan 05, 2022 3:32 pm

Cambodia News, (Pailin province): On Tuesday, January 04, 2021, the Simak Unit called on the Office of the Expertise of Control of Explosive Weapons and Poisons, to remove some non-exploded ammunition left from the war era.
These were found by citizens at Bor Huy Tbong village, Bor Yakha district, Pailin city, Pailin province.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Sun Jan 16, 2022 6:16 pm

Kep province, mine-free next month ?

Kep set to clear last minefields
Ry Sochan | Publication date 15 January 2022 | 15:11 ICT

The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) said eight minefields in Kep will be cleared in mid-February as it is slated to become the country's first mine-free province.

Officials from CMAA and the Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) on January 14 inspected mine clearance operation carried out by the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) in Chamkar Bei village of Damnak Changaur district's Poang Teuk commune.

“As per plan, all the eight minefields will be cleared in mid-February of 2022,” CMAA said.
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ ... minefields

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Thu Feb 03, 2022 11:44 pm

A large artillery shell was found in Battambang City as workers were digging a cable

Cambodia News, Battambang Province: One 105 mm bullet was found by workers this morning while they were digging to embed a cable on the side of a road at 11:00am on February 3, 2022 at Group 5, Romchek 4 Village, Rattanak Sangkat, Battambang City, near the fence of Wat Sangke in the south.

Authorities confirmed that immediately after receiving the report, the public order section of the Battambang City Police Inspectorate inspected the site, confirming the find of one UXO, which was then handed over to the technical mine team (CMAC) to destroy later.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:50 am

Cambodia News (Pursat Province): On February 9, 2022, at 8:30 am in Veal Veng district, Pao Sochea, a 23-year-old man, got his right foot blown off after he stepped on a landmine. Fortunately, he survived and has been treated at the provincial health center.

The authorities have alerted the villagers not to wander around in uncharted forest areas, and to contact them about any suspicious objects found in the woods, BUT DO NOT TOUCH THEM.

truffledog · Post by **truffledog** » Thu Feb 10, 2022 3:13 am

there is srill a lot to do. What a infinite tragedy...

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Tue Feb 15, 2022 4:01 pm

Digger Hits MK82 Bomb !

Cambodia News (Phnom Penh): On February 13, 2022, the driver of a marble excavator had a lucky escape after he accidentally cut through an MK82 bomb, which fortunately did not explode.

The CMAC (Cambodian Mine Action Centre) specialists were immediately contacted to safely dismantle the cut bomb and remove it from the site. The bomb was a faulty bomb that was dropped during the Cambodian civil war, which happened to land in a marble quarry.

AndyKK · Post by **AndyKK** » Tue Feb 15, 2022 4:14 pm

Let's not get sidetracked thinking the American bombers were dropping bombs for fun, they were actually being fired at.

John Bingham · Post by **John Bingham** » Tue Feb 15, 2022 4:43 pm

AndyKK wrote: ↑Tue Feb 15, 2022 4:14 pm Let's not get sidetracked thinking the American bombers were dropping bombs for fun, they were actually being fired at.

These were delivered by B-52s and F-4s. I'm not sure many were shot down over Cambodia, I don't believe the Khmer Rouge had anything that could hit a B-52 which cruised at a very high altitude. North Vietnamese forces could though. The American bombers were defending the Khmer Republic though and targeting PAVN/NLF and Khmer Rouge forces.

PNOMPENH, Cambodia, Dec. 16 (AP)—A United States Air Force fighter‐bomber crashed within sight of Pnompenh today while supporting Cambodian troops. Military sources said, that the plane had been hit by enemy ground fire.

The plane, an F‐4 Phantom, fell and burned 200 yards from Pochentong Airport after the two crewmen had bailed out.

Military sources in the Cambodian capital said that the plane was hit while on a bombing run near Phnom Beset; 14 miles to the northwest.

The pilots apparently tried to make an emergency landing at Pochentong, but aborted the effort at the last minute and parachuted to safety. Witnesses said that the plane was trailing smoke as it approached the airport.

United States officers in Saigon said that the pilots were picked up by a Cambodian helicopter and taken to the airfield, where they were transferred to a United States helicopter, which returned them to their base in Thailand.

https://www.nytimes.com/1971/12/17/arch ... unded.html

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 11:37 am

Cambodia News (Kampong Chhnang Province): On February 16, 2022, the law enforcement of the Kampong Trolach district and the specialists of CMAC, (Cambodian Mine Action Centre), removed a 60mm faulty bomb. It was found in an inhabited neighborhood of Orussey commune, Kompong Trolach district, Kompong Chhnang province, and appears to have been lying there since the civil war.

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