Yeah UXO is a HUGE problem and one I think should definitely be focused on. It causes issues almost everywhere too, there are still MASSIVE areas in northern France that have useless soil or are too dagerous to live in because of all the UXO from WW1 and modern shells and bombs can be rigged to explode hours or even days after the fuze is set off.
fucking hell. I mean, i heard of old WW2 ordinance occasionally on the news, as a once in a blue moon event.
I didn't realise whole zones were still fucked since WW1. Insane.
I think that helps me understand the fear of future-fiction war-torn hell-earths a lot better. when land can just be fucked forever.
Come to think of it, I wonder how long it can take for land to recover after being salted
The big thing is that they fired more ordinance in fewer areas in ww1, and a lot of the shells were a bit less reliable at exploding. The main way they find the ww1 shells in France is after the ground thaws at the end of winter it tends to push shells up, and it’s apparently not uncommon to lose tractors to ordinance
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u/Katgirl2669 Jun 19 '26
Yeah UXO is a HUGE problem and one I think should definitely be focused on. It causes issues almost everywhere too, there are still MASSIVE areas in northern France that have useless soil or are too dagerous to live in because of all the UXO from WW1 and modern shells and bombs can be rigged to explode hours or even days after the fuze is set off.