Cambodia discovers, safely removes another war-left US aerial bomb MK-82

A Cambodia’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) expert team has found and safely removed another war-left US-made MK-82 aerial bomb in southern Kandal province, a mine clearance chief said late on Wednesday (May 7). Heng Ratana, director general of the Cambodian Read More …

Cambodia: Two aerial bombs weighing over 200 kg were found in two different provinces

A team of CMAC experts found two aerial bombs weighing 230 kg in a cashew plantation and at the bottom of a pit in different provinces on March 11. According to a Facebook post by Heng Ratana, Director General of Read More …

Cambodia: CMAC team discovers war-left U.S. aerial bomb MK-82 in Kandal province

An expert team of the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) has found and safely removed a war-left U.S.-made MK-82 aerial bomb in southern Kandal province, a mine clearance chief said on Thursday. The CMAC’s Director-General Heng Ratana said the bomb Read More …

Cambodia discovers 2 war-left U.S. aerial bombs in southern province

Cambodia has found another two war-left U.S.-made MK-82 aerial bombs in southern Kandal province, a mine clearance chief said on Wednesday. Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) Director-General Heng Ratana said the two aerial bombs were spotted in a pit in Read More …

Cambodia: CMAC unearth another US aerial bomb in Kandal province

CMAC has unearthed and safely removed another US made M117 aerial bomb in southern Kandal province, a mine clearance chief said on Tuesday. Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC)’s Director-General Heng Ratana said the massive bomb was spotted buried in a Read More …

Cambodia: CMAC divers recover 24K UXOs from riverbeds

More than 24,000 unexploded ordnance (UXOs) items of all kinds have been recovered from the Kingdom’s rivers and waterways in the past year and four months. The operations are part of a campaign to clear explosive remnants of war (ERWs) Read More …

Cambodia: Kandal joins growing list of mine-free jurisdictions

Deputy Prime Minister Aun Pornmoniroth reiterated that the clearance of landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) remains indispensable work, as he declared Kandal another mine-free province on March 13. Kandal now joins Phnom Penh and eight provinces – Stung Read More …

Cambodia: CMAC, Defence Ministry team up to salvage warship

The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) and the Ministry of National Defence have joined forces to salvage a sunken warship from the Mekong River in Koh Peam Raing in Kandal province’s Loeuk Dek district. The operation, which will also include Read More …

Cambodia: Mekong UXO search off until waters recede in Kandal and Preveng provinces

Officials have requested modern technological equipment to enable them to continue their work of collecting unexploded ordnance (UXO) in sunken warships in the Mekong River in four areas of Kandal and Preveng provinces. Authorities have found many weapons and other Read More …

Cambodia: M 82 bomb found in Kandal province’s Ponhea Leu district

The M 82 bomb, an aerial unguided bomb has been found and removed on Monday in Kandal province’s Ponhea Leu district, according to an official. Cambodian Mine Action Center director general Heng Ratana said the low-drag general-purpose bomb which weighed Read More …