[E. Pluribus Unum]

And when they return their houses will have been requisitioned to "immigrants."

[bgill]

And when they return their houses will have been requisitioned to "immigrants."

You know it.

[PTBAA]

“1,400-tonne”? I’d like to see the plane that could carry that!

Another idiot hired as a journalist.

[major-pelham]

When I was stationed in Germany 1979-1981 they were still finding bombs all the time then. They’d excavate parking lots etc. to get em out. Stunned it still goes on.

[Rurudyne]

This would be a 3,000 pound bomb, 4,000 pounds including casing.

That is not chicken feed!

I post that because of an issue with portraying decimal places ... a “1,400” tonne device to many Americans would look like one thousand, four hundred tonnes, or roughly 3 million pounds. For Brits “1,400” is correct though.

[corkoman]

Thats a big bomb.

[mountainlion]

I took a picture of a 1000 pounder with bulldozer track marks on it form the guy ahead of me. Charley had pulled it out of the ground, diffused it and lit a fire under it to melt the explosives to return them to us.

[Repeal The 17th]

[Zathras]

Danger, UXB
“Clockstopper ON!”

[rochester_veteran]

[Palio di Siena]

There was a British produced show on public tv some years back
called: “Danger UXB”. It was about an unexploded bomb disposal unit
in WW2 London during the blitz. Highly recommend it.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

“The operation on Sunday will allow for the safe defusal of the 1,400-tonne British bomb,

Uhhhh, no.

[SandRat]

Surprised, it’s Frankfort, and not Patton Village Military Housing area in Stuttgart.

[mad_as_he$$]

” 1,400-tonne”

Damn! Did they sling it under 100 Lancasters?

[NonValueAdded]

Danger UXB! A great series until it got bogged down with love interests (even though she was totally hawt!)

[Grampa Dave]

The tonne (/tʌn/ ( listen)) (non-preferred SI derived unit; SI symbol: t), commonly referred to as the metric ton in the United States, is a non-SI metric unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms; or one megagram (Mg); it is equivalent to approximately 2,204.6 pounds, 1.10 short tons (US) or 0.984 long tons (imperial).

[Oatka]

They had better watch it. Some Brits found what the ordnance guy said was an "experimental" German bomb. Prof. Quatermass said it was a Martian spaceship. Don't mess with it or catastrophe will follow. They didn't listen, and, he was right. :-)

5 Million Years to Earth (Trailer)

Full movie here

[nonsporting]

They featured a blockbuster in the "Canterville Ghost", 1944.

[nonsporting]

... 1,400-tonne British bomb

Is this a notation issue?

Does the author mean 1.400-tonne? (approx 3087 pounds).

[x]

The operation on Sunday will allow for the safe defusal of the 1,400-tonne British bomb, which German media said was nicknamed "Wohnblockknacker" (blockbuster) during the war for its ability to wipe out whole streets or buildings.

If I ever open up a German bar or restaurant, I'll be sure to put the Wohnblockknacker on the menu.

Drink or sausage? I'm not sure yet.