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Tucson Iron & Metal gas axe story and vacancy announcement
The bomb was an MK82, which the General Dynamics website describes as the smallest of the MK80 "tactical" bombs used by the U.S. Air Force & Navy. According to Tucson News Now, "bomb squad investigators and ordnance experts [said] the explosion involved a highly explosive substance that would normally be used in conjunction with a primer to cause the bomb to explode." The primer that is normally used to cause the bomb to explode had been removed, so the explosion was "significantly smaller than what would've happened" had the bomb exploded in its normal capacity. Nevertheless, the explosion was large enough to kill 46-year-old Daniel Wright around 12:45 pm when he cut into the bomb. Posted by: Besoeker 2015-09-27 |
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