Polish Authorities to Detonate 12,000 Pound British Tall Boy Bomb from World War II

[GrauGeist]

Hercules was a well-known manufacturer of Dynamite, Nitro Glycerin and other things that made loud noises, back around the turn of the century.
They even had a company town here in California named Hercules that was built up around their manufacturing facility.

 

[SaparotRob]

The things one learns here.

 

[v2]

12,000lb RAF 'Tallboy' bomb EXPLODES while being defused underwater | Daily Mail Online

 

[ThomasP]

I particularly like this part:

"Ahead of the operation, officials had noted that it would have a 50-50 chance of success."

I may be wrong, but is not the proper interpretation for "It will either go off or it won't"?

 

[cherry blossom]

I am late to this story but Google found a few details of the 1945 attack by 617 squadron on Lutzow Remains of WWII German warship sunk by RAF's Dambusters raised from Szczecin seabed and First hand account of 617 Squadron's attack on the Lützow

 

[Peter Gunn]

I dunno, looks more like the fish in the area were vaporized, didn't see any floating to the surface...

 

[bdefen]

I particularly like this part:

"Ahead of the operation, officials had noted that it would have a 50-50 chance of success."

I may be wrong, but is not the proper interpretation for "It will either go off or it won't"?

I heard a similar probability statement when being sold a raffle ticket one time. I asked the seller "What are the odds in this contest?"

The clever seller replied, "50-50....either you win or you lose........now how many tickets would you like?"

I bought one.

 

[pbehn]

I heard a similar probability statement when being sold a raffle ticket one time. I asked the seller "What are the odds in this contest?"

The clever seller replied, "50-50....either you win or you lose........now how many tickets would you like?"

I bought one.

Let me guess, you lost, does that mean I win because I guessed right?

 

[bdefen]

Yep, I lost, but I DID have the fun of playing, right? And yes, you win. Congratulations!

 

[eljefe]

You think?

What the media reported:

Lewandowski said the bomb is now considered safe.

What the man actually said:

Lieutenant Commander Grzegorz Lewandowski, spokesman for the Polish Navy's 8th Coastal Defence Flotilla, said: 'The deflagration process turned into detonation.
'The object can be considered neutralised, it will not pose any more threat to the Szczecin-Swinoujscie shipping channel.'

Still somewhat "Captain Obvious" (Lt. Cmdr Obvious?), but not quite as dreadful.

 

[Gnomey]

Ka-boom!

Glad no-one was hurt.