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| A 100 kg Japanese bomb unearthed in Singapore, 2023 |
Recently, a 100 kg undetonated bomb was discovered in Singapore in late September 2023. This bomb was probably dropped by the Japanese during the Bombing of Singapore in 1941. Located on Upper Bukit Timah Road, the bomb potentially posted a threat to its unwitting neighbours. Within days of discovery, the bomb was safely cordoned off and denotated by the the Singapore Armed Forces.
The discovery of munitions post World War 2 is not unusual. After all, millions of munitions were expanded during World War 2. It is only logical than many of such explosives would be unaccounted for. In 2014, over 80 World War 2 landmines were discovered near the Channel Islands in the UK. In 2018, it was estimated that there were over 80,000 naval mines of the coast of Estonia.
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| Unexploded naval mines in the Baltic Sea in 2018. Source: Washington Post |
Unexploded ordinance can post a threat to both life and property. In 2020, two men died from a detonation of a World War 2 bomb in the Solomon Islands. Another detonation in Lower Saxony (Germany) in 2019 shattered many windows. Even when undetonated, munitions post an environment risk as they released dangerous chemicals into the environment.
Such is the danger of a post-war world.
For more information on the bomb in Singapore, watch the video below:
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