Antinuclear

US bombs on the Great Barrier Reef are PROBABLY safe

Bombs dropped on Reef ‘virtually impossible’ to explode  SMH, Kim Stephens, July 24, 201  US naval authorities say it is ‘‘virtually impossible’’ two undetonated bombs lying on the Great Barrier Reef will explode.

United States 7th fleet spokesman Lieutenant David Levy has revealed four bombs – two inert and two explosive – dropped in the ocean off Rockhampton by US warplanes during a recent bungled training exercise may not be recovered.

‘‘The Australian and US governments are currently reviewing this possibility’’, Lieutenant Levy said, when asked if they would be retrieved……: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/bombs-dropped-on-reef-virtually-impossible-to-explode-20130724-2qi1l.html#ixzz2a6oHziSi

July 25, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Queensland, safety