From 1 January 2019 to 18 October 2019 the divers of the Underwater Operating Group (GOS) of the Underwater Command and Incursors of the Italian Navy (Comsubin) removed over 50.000 explosive devices residual from the Italian seas, lakes and rivers.
This important goal was achieved also thanks to the last emergency intervention carried out by the operators posted at the SDAI Unit in Ancona who, called by the Prefecture of Bolzano, carried out the umpteenth reclamation campaign in the waters of Lake Varna (BZ) in from the 30 September to the 17 October.
During this activity, 549 Austrian rifle bombs of the First World War were removed from the Navy divers, in addition to the 33.313 unexploded artifacts that were removed in total from the bottom of the lake since 2017 and delivered to the bomb squads of the 2nd sapper engineering regiment. of Trento of the alpine brigade Julia Army.
The complex reclamation activity carried out incessantly by the Comsubin Diving Operative Group in Italian waters, is one of the tasks of the institute assigned by the Country to the Italian Navy for the protection of public safety.
In particular, this mission was the object of interest to the underwater departments of the Maritime Forces of the Arab Emirates which, in accordance with the annual cooperation plan with the Navy, were accompanied by the GOS to verify how Italy conducts underwater operations for the reclamation of explosive devices found in maritime contexts.
It is good to remind anyone who should come across objects that in shape and size may call up an explosive device or parts of it, that these artifacts can be very dangerous and therefore must not be touched or tampered with in any way, but the finding must be reported immediately. to the local Harbor Master's Office or to the nearest carabinieri station, so as to allow the intervention of the Navy divers in order to restore the safety conditions of our sea.
