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British Town Worried About WWII Ammo Ship Wreck

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the tiptoeing-through-the-tulips dept.

Radical Rad writes "For 60 years, 1.4 kilotons of unstable world war II bombs have lain in the rusting wreck of a US cargo ship half-submerged on a sandbank in the river Thames. If it explodes it will be one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions ever with predictions of a 3 kilometre high wall of mud, water, and metal fragments causing devastation to the nearby town of Sheerness in Kent." The BBC has more.

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  1. Uh oh....... by Neo-Rio-101 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Thank you for the tip-off infidels. I've sent one of my lackeys to detonate the wreckage. God willing you heathen shall be all singing "London Bridge is falling down" while watching it for yourself!

    Your's sincerely,

    Osama bin Laden

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  2. Nerds? by maelstrom · · Score: -1, Redundant

    What does this have to do with nerds? Can you run Linux on it?

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