In the center of London for all to see 14 years of work lay bombs, deep penetration

All it took for an empty korpus



In 1958, leading to the main gate of the Royal Air Force decided to expand the road. Working for a start it was necessary to remove the empty case from the bomb during the Second World War, known as the "Big Cotton." It was a deep penetration bomb weighing nearly ten tons.

The workers drove the crane, but quickly realized that the body of the bomb much harder than they expected. Some have suggested that the body should be filled with concrete, while others have decided that first need to look at the body, experts, and then it will be somewhere to move.

The experts examined the body and were amazed: inside was a real working bomb. Do you understand? "The body" got there in 1944. Thus, in the center of London as much as 14 years lay a bomb that can explode at any time. If this happens, an explosion blew not only Air Force base, and most of the city, including built in 1250 year old cathedral.

As a result, the bomb failed to take away gently using a specially designed for this crane and neutralize.

via factroom.ru