April 20, 2017 | 21:37 (GMT+7)
Military Region 9 collects unexploded warheads
PANO - Depot 301 of the Technical Department of Military Region 9 on April 18 - 19 collected tens of unexploded warheads left over after the wars in the area where they were stationed.
According to Senior Colonel Nguyen Van Long, Commander of Depot 301, there are a lot of UXO items in the area, and most of the items are 105mm and 155mm warheads made by the US.
The depot’s troops search and collect them annually. Some of the items were buried deep underground and discovered during construction or land erosion, he added.
Translated by Hoang Nam