Blasters of the 6 ° Genio Regiment neutralize a bomb

20/06/15

Yesterday the staff of the 6 ° Regiment Genio Pionieri was employed for the occasional land reclamation activity in the municipality of Frascati (RM), due to the discovery of an American fragmentation aircraft bomb by 23 libre.

The intervention took place within the religious institute Maestre Pie Philippines, involving the surrounding area belt.

The operation, which began at 9.00, was thus subdivided into: search for additional bombs, since it is a "cluster" bomb, that is, part of a main device (cluster), generally released from aircraft and containing a turn other submolutions dispersed at a distance; phase of removal and transport, in safety, of the device; blasting phase, consisting of its destruction, which took place at the Artena quarry (RM) at 12.15.

The intervention of the Army was requested by the prefecture of Rome at the 2 ° Command of the Defense Forces of San Giorgio a Cremano (Na), which coordinated the intervention of the specialists of the 6 ° Genio.

Source: Command of Terrestrial Operations Forces