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BREAKING!! Emergency forced jets to drop 4 unarmed bombs on Great Barrier Reef: US official
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[quote:Kcchamps:MV8yMjk3NzgzXzM5MTIxOTY4XzI2NTA1MzE0] "Each Harrier dropped two 500-pound bombs: one BDU 45 and one High Explosive GBU 12, for a total of four. The BDU 45s are inert and the GBU 12s were unarmed when released, so none of the bombs exploded. A U.S. official explained that the chance that one of the two bombs could still explode is extremely remote." [/quote]
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The two AV-8B Harriers were conducting a training mission on Tuesday that would have them drop the bombs on a range on Townshend Island. When the time came to drop the ordnance, the pilots were told that the range was not clear. After trying several times, they began to run low on fuel and realized they could not land with the bombs they were carrying.
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