The Baltic Sea and World War II Munitions: Focusing on a Cleanup

Posted on | by Caroline Teames
11/08/2016
11/08/2016: An international team of scientists working on the multi-year research project ‘Towards the Monitoring of Dumped Munitions Threat’ (MODUM), supported by NATO’s Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Program have been mapping the ocean floor, locating and monitoring munitions dump sites in the Baltic Sea. The variety of chemical weapons…

Clearing a Solomon Islands World War II Munitions Cache

Posted on | by Caroline Teames
10/07/2016
10/08/2016: Royal Australian Navy clearance divers hauled in over 3.5 tons of WWII munitions from the ocean in the Solomon Islands in a single morning during Operation Render Safe in September. The Australian Clearance Diving Team One found 82 United States 155mm high explosive projectiles off Guadalcanal just 50 meters from…