PHNOM PENH, Mar 11 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC)’s bomb experts, have safely removed three war-left U.S.-made MK 82 aerial bombs, recently found in the country, a mine clearance chief said, yesterday.
CMAC’s director-general, Heng Ratana, said, the bomb expert teams discovered the unexploded bombs and deactivated them successfully, after receiving reports of the bombs from local authorities.
“Within this two-day period, on March 8-9, CMAC’s explosive ordinance disposal experts, have cleared by safely removing three MK 82 bombs, as remnants of war in three provinces, namely Kratie, Kampong Cham and Kandal,” he wrote on his Facebook page.
“These bombs, weighing about 250 kilograms each, remain in good shape and quality, although they aged 50 to 60 years old,” he said.
According to Yale University, between 1965 and 1973, the United States dropped some 230,516 bombs, on 113,716 sites in Cambodia.
Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, wrote in his book titled, “Hun Sen: 10 Years of Cambodia’s Journey, 1979-1989,” that the U.S. bombings on Cambodia caused “tens of thousands of civilian casualties, because of this vicious undeclared war.”– NNN-AKP
