Unexploded air bomb remaining from of World War II was destroyed
Monday, 30.12.2013 | News
At the Center for ttesting of weapons and military equipment Technical Test Center in Nikinci today at 10:45 minutes an unexploded air bomb remaining from of World War II was destroyed which was found on 7 December and excavated in Budimska Street in Belgrade after which it was transported on the night between 7 at 8 December to Nikinci.
At the Center for ttesting of weapons and military equipment Technical Test Center in Nikinci today at 10:45 minutes an unexploded air bomb remaining from of World War II was destroyed which was found on 7 December and excavated in Budimska Street in Belgrade after which it was transported on the night between 7 at 8 December to Nikinci.
Destruction of the bombs was attended by Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces, General Ljubisa Diković, Head of Planning and Development of Staff Major General Dusan Stojanovic, representatives of the TTC, the Ministry of Interior and the Republican Seismological Bureau.
In this unique endeavor which has been performed for the first time at the Center in Nikinci the members of the Logistics Department of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces, TTC, 333rd Engineering Battalion out of the Air Force and representatives of the Republican Seismological Service have been involved, who have set up sophisticated measuring devices at 50 and 500 yards and in two neighboring villages (5-6 km away).
— We conducted a controlled explosion to avoid inflicting damage to anyone around the polygon. The bomb was dug to a depth of four meters , a crater that was created after its activation was five feet deep. The explosive was placed in the right way around the bomb to its direct effect down to earth, not to the side, so that the damage was minimal — said Colonel Slobodan Ilic, Director of Technical Testing Center.
The whole process of supervising, placing the bomb as well as the expert work around destroying bombs was led by Lieutenant Colonel Rasim Ciriković from the Directorate of Logistics SAF, and the honor of pressing the button went to Lt Sinisa Gacic which neutralized the bomb.
— In the case of the SC-1000 bomb Herman, I was familiar with its construction and how it should be tackled. We accomplished this by placing the explosive in three characteristic places. It was activated electronically. The destruction was complete. It was a controlled detonation. I believe that this work was done professionally. This action is the result of teamwork — said Lt. Col. Ciriković.
The bomb weighed 1,090 kg with a time fuse marked Z15. Any time of activation is from 3 to 315 minutes . In relation to the total weight of the bomb had the explosive charge 57 percent, while today's airline bomb with about 40 percent. In that amount of explosives is about 60 percent TNT and 40 percent Amato. This means, according to NATO standards, that the explosive effect for people was 170 m, if it is activated on the surface of the road infrastructure around the 200 meters and 400 meters for buildings. The bomb was dropped from a German plane "Henkel", which could carry only one such ordnance.
— This was a text book example of destroying a bomb, said Chief of Staff after successful completion.
And almost inaudibly we should add. This was confirmed by Vladan Kovacevic of the Republican Seismological Bureau, who said that the measuring instrument at a distance of 500 meters did not register anything.
Destruction of the bombs was attended by Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces, General Ljubisa Diković, Head of Planning and Development of Staff Major General Dusan Stojanovic, representatives of the TTC, the Ministry of Interior and the Republican Seismological Bureau.
In this unique endeavor which has been performed for the first time at the Center in Nikinci the members of the Logistics Department of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces, TTC, 333rd Engineering Battalion out of the Air Force and representatives of the Republican Seismological Service have been involved, who have set up sophisticated measuring devices at 50 and 500 yards and in two neighboring villages (5-6 km away).
— We conducted a controlled explosion to avoid inflicting damage to anyone around the polygon. The bomb was dug to a depth of four meters , a crater that was created after its activation was five feet deep. The explosive was placed in the right way around the bomb to its direct effect down to earth, not to the side, so that the damage was minimal — said Colonel Slobodan Ilic, Director of Technical Testing Center.
The whole process of supervising, placing the bomb as well as the expert work around destroying bombs was led by Lieutenant Colonel Rasim Ciriković from the Directorate of Logistics SAF, and the honor of pressing the button went to Lt Sinisa Gacic which neutralized the bomb.
— In the case of the SC-1000 bomb Herman, I was familiar with its construction and how it should be tackled. We accomplished this by placing the explosive in three characteristic places. It was activated electronically. The destruction was complete. It was a controlled detonation. I believe that this work was done professionally. This action is the result of teamwork — said Lt. Col. Ciriković.
The bomb weighed 1,090 kg with a time fuse marked Z15. Any time of activation is from 3 to 315 minutes . In relation to the total weight of the bomb had the explosive charge 57 percent, while today's airline bomb with about 40 percent. In that amount of explosives is about 60 percent TNT and 40 percent Amato. This means, according to NATO standards, that the explosive effect for people was 170 m, if it is activated on the surface of the road infrastructure around the 200 meters and 400 meters for buildings. The bomb was dropped from a German plane "Henkel", which could carry only one such ordnance.
— This was a text book example of destroying a bomb, said Chief of Staff after successful completion.
And almost inaudibly we should add. This was confirmed by Vladan Kovacevic of the Republican Seismological Bureau, who said that the measuring instrument at a distance of 500 meters did not register anything.
