Disposal of aircraft ammunition at Záhorie
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- Date: 26.03.2014
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Members of the National centre EOD Nováky operated in the premises of the Military Technical and Testing Institute Záhorie. They carried out tests aimed at re-establishing safety, focusing on procedures of disposing ammunition safely in a non-explosive way. The aim was to gain information essential in terms of setting up procedures for individual types of ammunition, using the EOD devices. These procedures are based on interruption of initiation reaction through mechanical separation of a fuse detonator or through breaking a body of the fuse.
Testing started with the most commonly used artillery ammunition of caliber 100, 122, 125 and 152 mm and with munitions that was left after the explosion in MRP Nováky. Subsequently, testing continued with engineering ammunition (mines), artillery mines (82, 120 mm), 125-mm tank ammunition, and ammunition for the Dana 152-mm self-propelled gun-howitzer. Eventually, tests with aircraft ammunition to include BeTAB-250 anti-runway bomb, OFAB MARS 250 high-explosive fragmentation bomb or S-10 and S-2 missiles started last year. Since the Slovak Republic adheres to Convention on Cluster Munitions, testing included also disposal of cluster munitions.
Testing started with the most commonly used artillery ammunition of caliber 100, 122, 125 and 152 mm and with munitions that was left after the explosion in MRP Nováky. Subsequently, testing continued with engineering ammunition (mines), artillery mines (82, 120 mm), 125-mm tank ammunition, and ammunition for the Dana 152-mm self-propelled gun-howitzer. Eventually, tests with aircraft ammunition to include BeTAB-250 anti-runway bomb, OFAB MARS 250 high-explosive fragmentation bomb or S-10 and S-2 missiles started last year. Since the Slovak Republic adheres to Convention on Cluster Munitions, testing included also disposal of cluster munitions.
