Milan: Artifactors intervene

27/10/14

The bomb technicians, at the request of the prefecture of Milan, intervened, on Saturday afternoon, in via Padre Lodovico Morell, where a motorist found, next to a tree in the immediate vicinity between the Lambro park and the cemetery of Lambrate, an explosive device.

The team of army specialists has arrived already 07: 00 in the morning after having ascertained that it was not a rocket supplied to the Italian army - as erroneously reported in some press - he implemented all the safety procedures for the transport and subsequent blasting of the "anti hail rocket for agricultural use "in a quarry in the Municipality of Sesto San Giovanni (MI).

The armed force, thanks to the 'dual-use' capacity of its departments, in addition to the operational use in international missions, is able to intervene, at any time, in cases of public calamity and utility to support the population on all national territory proving to be a ready and flexible resource at the service of the country.

The Italian army in the last 10 years has carried out over 10.000 interventions for the reclamation of bombs dating back to the world wars.

The 10 ° regiment genius guastatori is one of the 12 regiments of the army located throughout the national territory, able to intervene for the reclamation of explosive devices and remnants of war.

Source: Army Majority Staff