The main objective of the program is the identification, recovery and deactivation of war remnants present on the seabed of the port and coastal areas of the Apulian Adriatic.
In recent weeks, 55 bombs from 30 pounds of English nationality have been identified.
The decommissioning and subsequent blasting will be carried out by the EOD team (English acronym for Explosive Ordnance Disposal, or reclamation of explosive devices) of the 11 ° army sappers regiment based in Foggia.
The bomb technicians will provide for the storage and securing of the residues in a special area to avoid any spontaneous combustion processes. The bombs will then be transported and made to shine in a quarry in Ruvo di Puglia.
The Italian army in recent years 10 has carried out over 30.000 interventions for the clearance of ordnance dating back to the world wars, from the 2009 in the Apulian port areas, have already been defused 320 ordnance, of which about over 294 aircraft bombs and 26 rockets.
The 11 ° regiment genius guastatori is one of the 12 regiments of the army displaced on everything, the national territory, able to intervene for the reclamation of the explosive devices and the remnants of war.
Source: Army Majority Staff
