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Florida Highway Closed due to old Mark 65 bomb
Posted on 2/6/24 at 3:05 pm
Posted on 2/6/24 at 3:05 pm
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Hernando County Sheriff's Office
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LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE
Deputies are currently on scene at Helicopter Drive near Flight Path Drive in the Airport Industrial Park (near American Aviation) assessing what is thought to be a very old Mark 65 bomb.
At this time, it is unknown if the item is inert or live.
PLEASE AVOID THE AREA.
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Posted on 2/6/24 at 3:09 pm to pioneerbasketball
Posted on 2/6/24 at 3:09 pm to pioneerbasketball
quote:
British Family Photographs Kids With 'Beach Buoy' That Was Actually a Bomb
quote:
Five days later, Pembrey Country Park officials announced on their Facebook page that the “buoy” discovered on the seashore was a United States military mine bomb.
Gravell said she and her husband, Gareth, were notified of the news by a friend who saw photos of their children with the bomb on Facebook.
"The realization that it was a bomb -- it was completely shocking for us," she said. "We realize now just how lucky we were."
This post was edited on 2/6/24 at 3:12 pm
Posted on 2/6/24 at 3:10 pm to pioneerbasketball
Posted on 2/6/24 at 3:13 pm to pioneerbasketball
wow, thats a damn 2k pound mine 
quote:
Mk-65 Quick Strike Mine
Featuring a fast response-to-readiness capability, the Mk 65 mine is one of a new generation of weapons closely related to the DESTRUCTOR family of mines. Using the same variable influence-type target-detector systems, the Mk 65 is aircraft-laid bottom mines for use against submarines and surface targets.
Mk 65 is a 2000-pound weapon, employing a destinctively different, new concept, thin-walled, mine-type case, as opposed to the thick-walled bomb-type case of the Mk 64. Older Quickstrike versions (MK62, MK63, and MK64) were converted streamlined bombs of the 500 lb, 1000 lb, and 2000 lb sizes. Other differences in the Mk 65 include a special arming device, a nose fairing, and a tail section adaptable to parachute option. All mines have the capability of making arming-delay, sterilization, self-destruct, and other operational settings.
This post was edited on 2/6/24 at 3:28 pm
Posted on 2/6/24 at 3:14 pm to Shexter
quote:
Five days later, Pembrey Country Park officials announced on their Facebook page that the “buoy” discovered on the seashore was a United States military mine bomb. Gravell said she and her husband, Gareth, were notified of the news by a friend who saw photos of their children with the bomb on Facebook. "The realization that it was a bomb -- it was completely shocking for us," she said. "We realize now just how lucky we were."
Jesus those people are idiots. That thing absolutely screams naval mine
Posted on 2/6/24 at 3:16 pm to pioneerbasketball
Posted on 2/6/24 at 3:19 pm to Shexter
Posted on 2/6/24 at 4:22 pm to pioneerbasketball
That is not a Mk-65. That is an M65. The Mk-65 is a 1980s era 2,000 lb "quickstrike" sea mine. The M65 is a 1,000 lb general purpose bomb from the WWII era.
Posted on 2/6/24 at 4:22 pm to keakar
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wow, thats a damn 2k pound mine
No. What the OP posted is an M65 which is a 1,000 lb general purpose bomb from the WWII era.
Posted on 2/6/24 at 4:26 pm to FlyingTiger06
quote:What if it’s a WW3 bomb?
No. What the OP posted is an M65 which is a 1,000 lb general purpose bomb from the WWII era.
Posted on 2/6/24 at 6:51 pm to FlyingTiger06
quote:
No. What the OP posted is an M65 which is a 1,000 lb general purpose bomb from the WWII era.
ok, i got mixed up by the picture of the kids playing with the sea mine version
its crazy to think of all the unexploded ordinance still being randomly found laying around from WW2
This post was edited on 2/6/24 at 6:55 pm
Posted on 2/6/24 at 7:19 pm to keakar
It was found to be inert. The site is an old WWII barracks site at the airport.
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