Now where did I leave that torpedo? | Samizdata.net

May 18, 2004
Tuesday

Now where did I leave that torpedo?

Dale Amon (Belfast, Northern Ireland) Military affairs

I ran across this little item from ten days ago while catching up with postings on a network admin group:

Ordnance Find Closes Baltimore Tunnel BALTIMORE (AP) -- The Baltimore Harbor Tunnel has been closed indefinitely after a worker at a nearby construction site discovered military ordnance.
Nine munitions, ranging in size from 500 to 4,000 pounds, had been found since early Wednesday. The construction site, less than a half-mile from the tunnel, was once used by the Navy to assemble and disassemble ships.

Disposal teams were working to determine the status of the munitions, said Col. Tim Madere, of the Aberdeen Proving Ground.

Military investigators are trying to determine exactly where the ordnance came from, said Cpl. Greg Prioleau, a spokesman for the Maryland Transportation Authority.

The closing was ordered by Gov. Robert Ehrlich on the recommendations of ordnance disposal teams from the U.S. Army, Baltimore City, the FBI and the Maryland State Fire Marshal. Adjacent portions of I-895 also were closed.

Comments

That sounds like an earlier version of an item discussed on the StrategyPage: http://www.strategypage.com/fyeo/howtomakewar/default.asp?target=HTPEACE.HTM

Short: they turned out to be practice bombs, filled with concrete rather than explosives.

Posted by Sam at May 18, 2004 04:30 PM

It seems a reasonable excuse for closing, at any rate. I'd be far happier at my regular delays at Victoria were they caused by unexpected finds of Polaris etc.

Posted by James Hamilton at May 18, 2004 08:06 PM

Man, in my backyard and I totally missed it. I guess that's what happens when everyone's looking at Iraq. It was late at night tho, and I never watch the 11 o'clock news, so it's no wonder I missed it.

Posted by Highway at May 18, 2004 10:29 PM

I find this pretty darn funny in light of certain individuals of the tin-foil hat variety constantly bleating about "Neocon lies" and "unfound" WMD in Iraq.

Especially now(Link)...

Posted by Rtfm at May 18, 2004 11:13 PM

That reminds me. Whatever happened after those reports that bombs, fully fueled aircraft, etc. left over from WWII had been found in underground bunkers somewhere in Germany?

Posted by Twn at May 19, 2004 12:59 AM

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