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  • Опубліковано 25 вер 2023
  • How do you safely dispose of a bomb? As Mindef prepared to dispose of the 100kg WWII bomb found at a construction site in Upper Bukit Timah, retired Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) operator, Gerard Lee, shares more about the process.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 187

  • @AstrobumTV
    @AstrobumTV 10 місяців тому +240

    Even in a controlled detonation, the blast was violent and loud. Imagine those days when hundreds of bombs were dropped on civilian residential grounds.

    • @zephyrus3389
      @zephyrus3389 10 місяців тому +20

      Bomb not loud why call bomb

    • @AstrobumTV
      @AstrobumTV 10 місяців тому +46

      @@zephyrus3389 Ask your mother

    • @Saida___
      @Saida___ 10 місяців тому +25

      @@AstrobumTVur mom was violent and loud last night also 😂

    • @jessicaregina1956
      @jessicaregina1956 10 місяців тому +6

      Ukraine: no need imagining.

    • @aries666dc
      @aries666dc 10 місяців тому +6

      The actual bomb was much more bigger and louder, this controlled explosions supressed the explosion by alot

  • @vahnseymour150
    @vahnseymour150 10 місяців тому +51

    Wow, didn't really know they buried it for 2m + so many layers of sandbags but the impact is still so strong.

    • @Machiavelrous
      @Machiavelrous 10 місяців тому +6

      Not from the direct blast. But from the shaking and vibrations.

  • @lowkokwee1551
    @lowkokwee1551 10 місяців тому +93

    Well done SAF and SPF for detonating it safely . Appreciate your hard work

  • @Do-It-Like-This-0
    @Do-It-Like-This-0 10 місяців тому +127

    Saluting the bravery of bomb disposal units who risk their lives to keep people safe. Your courage shines in the face of danger." 🙌💣👏

  • @jomamaxg
    @jomamaxg 10 місяців тому +25

    Singapore is always the best when it comes to SOP! Salute to all involved including the Singapore Police Force. 🎉

    • @jessicaregina1956
      @jessicaregina1956 10 місяців тому

      All murican and coalition eod troops: are we jokes to u? If they have to evacuate thousands for every 100kg bomb, then ukraine how la

    • @rachaeltan5462
      @rachaeltan5462 8 місяців тому

      ​@@jessicaregina1956we do it because we can they might not be able too

  • @snaren5
    @snaren5 10 місяців тому +16

    Nice video understood how they did it

  • @c8y8r8
    @c8y8r8 10 місяців тому +4

    Dig at least two perimeter deep trenches around the detonated bulb , they will cut down the horizontal wave frequency tremendously, and hence the damages to the surrounding

  • @gelinrefira
    @gelinrefira 10 місяців тому +3

    This is the most exciting thing to happen for the whole year.

  • @aqilsani2909
    @aqilsani2909 10 місяців тому +9

    Sad relics of the past being unearthed

  • @angelevil1006
    @angelevil1006 10 місяців тому +1

    This also happens to block 196 Kim Keat Ave, there was a dynamite placed at the left side of the block for the first floor. It destroyed the entire block and idk how many people died or got injured. There is a clip on UA-cam so you may check if out. It is new replaced with a new block. Stay safe out there!

  • @borbijaq727
    @borbijaq727 10 місяців тому

    Well put together video,thanx!! 👍 👍 😊

  • @JForceGaming
    @JForceGaming 10 місяців тому +11

    "Bomb has been defused, counter-terrorist win!"

    • @jessicaregina1956
      @jessicaregina1956 10 місяців тому

      I think your basic grasp of explosives and whatever failed, what part of "defused" is here?

    • @aoimegu
      @aoimegu 10 місяців тому +5

      @@jessicaregina1956 He's making a reference from a video game called Counter Strike: Global Offensive.

    • @user-wk8hu3wu2e
      @user-wk8hu3wu2e 10 місяців тому +1

      Jessica doesn't know that you're referring to. That's what I hear from team captain when counter defuses the C4 in the game Counter-Strike.
      I was ex-military. So, I know how many different types of explosives work.

    • @mamamememoo
      @mamamememoo 10 місяців тому +1

      Lol. Brings me back to secondary school days when everyone was playing CS in the LAN gaming shops. Cant believe it’s been 30y since I was a teen. 🥲

    • @jessicaregina1956
      @jessicaregina1956 10 місяців тому

      Yes, so which part of “defused” is here when the uxo went high order? The videos also exists of the explosives going boom

  • @5mwa
    @5mwa 10 місяців тому +13

    1:22 I thought he was sitting on a wheelchair. 😅

  • @ongernie7216
    @ongernie7216 10 місяців тому +12

    The most important criteria of military is response time, on any call up is very crucial. Well prepare miltary don't need days to come up with a response to a mission.

  • @sang-suangam9772
    @sang-suangam9772 10 місяців тому +5

    imagine what it was like,
    during the war 😢 ...

  • @samsomu
    @samsomu 10 місяців тому +6

    now developers have to rethink the building structure…🎉

  • @owl77
    @owl77 10 місяців тому +18

    Can we bill the Japanese governments for the whole operation?😅

    • @SeraphimFaith
      @SeraphimFaith 10 місяців тому +5

      dude the war is over 50+ years ago. you want to bill the British for coolies suffering and the Malaysians for kicking us out while you're at it

    • @멸공의_횃불
      @멸공의_횃불 10 місяців тому +2

      @@SeraphimFaith you japanese?

    • @eisenklad
      @eisenklad 10 місяців тому

      @@멸공의_횃불 he's just saying let go.
      we should remember what happen but that should be it.
      asking an eye for an eye will leave the world blind.

    • @gohsiewhau4819
      @gohsiewhau4819 10 місяців тому

      ​@@eisenkladwe hv to remember the evil rooted Japanese to learn so as we don't allow ourselves be demolished by their evilness. Thei politicians are trying to fabricate history....👀🧐👁️🫢

  • @buizelmeme6288
    @buizelmeme6288 10 місяців тому +58

    Amazing how a 70+ year old bomb survive all these years!!

    • @infernuu
      @infernuu 10 місяців тому +9

      they don't make em like they used to 😒

    • @5kplamse
      @5kplamse 10 місяців тому +14

      Japanese quality

    • @Do-It-Like-This-0
      @Do-It-Like-This-0 10 місяців тому +11

      Many WWII bombs remain undetonated due to manufacturing defects or soil conditions. Over time, corrosion can make them unstable, posing a threat. Bomb disposal experts locate and safely remove these relics to prevent accidents.

    • @westwoodly
      @westwoodly 10 місяців тому +8

      @@Do-It-Like-This-0 Many, many bigger bombs remain in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia to this day.

    • @CarbineKiller
      @CarbineKiller 10 місяців тому +5

      @@westwoodlyand landmines

  • @realcartoongirl
    @realcartoongirl 10 місяців тому +3

    no wander my grandpa like have flashbacks

  • @thamil9126
    @thamil9126 10 місяців тому

    Thanks 🙏 Singapore

  • @UnwrappingByMimiKoteng
    @UnwrappingByMimiKoteng 10 місяців тому +1

    Amazing.

  • @adventure_With_Dan
    @adventure_With_Dan 10 місяців тому +3

    The man is right, this isn't the last bomb they will find , being it's the central of Singapore😂, more bomb to find

  • @toffeejoshi3670
    @toffeejoshi3670 10 місяців тому +1

    I did not realise that Bom b still explode after decade last year 2021 I think they also found bomb near my place in kimsemg it is also in construction site

  • @sharkman86
    @sharkman86 10 місяців тому +8

    Thank you so much Japan ! :) so sorry that we took so long to discover your gift to us ! much love.

    • @jessicaregina1956
      @jessicaregina1956 10 місяців тому

      Are u forgetting that the british also bombed?

    • @nothere603
      @nothere603 10 місяців тому

      @@jessicaregina1956if you bothered to watch, the bomb was identified as a Japanese type 94 bomb

    • @jessicaregina1956
      @jessicaregina1956 10 місяців тому

      I dont actually bother to watch these clips when everywhere else more uxo is found

  • @zubaidahabdulkadir1092
    @zubaidahabdulkadir1092 10 місяців тому +7

    Well done Singapore!! So thankful for this government. We can trust our government to take care of us if there is war.❤

    • @koon2038
      @koon2038 10 місяців тому

      Toxic gratefulness 🙄

    • @Eiji_Kisaragi
      @Eiji_Kisaragi 10 місяців тому +1

      its their job!! they are paid to do so… period!!!
      do you thank the mail man when they deliver your letters??

    • @psyteo3130
      @psyteo3130 10 місяців тому

      @@Eiji_Kisaragi🤡

  • @joelyipjr.522
    @joelyipjr.522 10 місяців тому +1

    Today learn that camera click is louder than bomb

  • @muhdfauzibmohdrais3844
    @muhdfauzibmohdrais3844 10 місяців тому

    Good thing that bomb is dealt with. But for a piece of undetonated ordinance from about 80 years ago, it took quite the effort.

  • @LordBagdanoff
    @LordBagdanoff 10 місяців тому +2

    The condo bad quality 😂😂

  • @lesliegrace8360
    @lesliegrace8360 10 місяців тому +4

    Thanks for the educational guide. Where can I practise it? Is the iFixit tool kit enough? 🤪

    • @jessicaregina1956
      @jessicaregina1956 10 місяців тому

      Can, u can practise this…. Later isa will knock on your door

  • @jabezteng
    @jabezteng 10 місяців тому

    Well at least if the bomb disposal goes wrong, its not your problem anymore

  • @BaconTeamgg
    @BaconTeamgg 10 місяців тому

    I found the noise near my house prob idk i think it was one station

  • @user-lk8yj8dr4v
    @user-lk8yj8dr4v 10 місяців тому

    Well done Singapore !

  • @deschan2246
    @deschan2246 10 місяців тому +1

    Leave it alone, dont over dig

  • @etjan555
    @etjan555 10 місяців тому +4

    QUESTION IS….WHO CARRY THE BOMB INTO THE TRENCH……

    • @PrograError
      @PrograError 10 місяців тому

      most likely it was in-situ... or at least relatively ... it was too sensitive to move to army range for "private" detonation IIRC

  • @fishy977
    @fishy977 10 місяців тому

    Can't believe these bombs were just dropped on Singapore back then...

  • @Dio-py9hm
    @Dio-py9hm 10 місяців тому +3

    This one same as the counter strike defuse a bomb or not

    • @puremix925
      @puremix925 10 місяців тому +2

      Can squat next to the bomb and attach an imaginary wire to defuse

    • @yilianglow5101
      @yilianglow5101 10 місяців тому +1

      same as valorant, they half it first , den finish defuse.

    • @jessicaregina1956
      @jessicaregina1956 10 місяців тому

      Both of u English and basic whatever fail, defuse meant it didn't go off

    • @owlfx6147
      @owlfx6147 10 місяців тому +1

      LOLOL

  • @extremelycreativeusername
    @extremelycreativeusername 10 місяців тому +11

    This is why we should never go to war.

    • @user-go4xk5hf3s
      @user-go4xk5hf3s 10 місяців тому +2

      To prevent war you have to be well prepared! Defence forces just like you door with 🔒! To prevent robber or theft come into your house you need a strong door and good lock 🔒!

  • @jasyillnel4402
    @jasyillnel4402 10 місяців тому +5

    So much news for a WW2 bomb. 😅 this happened every few weeks in germany

    • @SeraphimFaith
      @SeraphimFaith 10 місяців тому +2

      sometimes is to wayang for overseas also, seeing as sg so far has 100% successful disposal rate with no injury

    • @jessicaregina1956
      @jessicaregina1956 10 місяців тому +1

      This happens every day in ukraine

  • @deschan2246
    @deschan2246 10 місяців тому +1

    Per wat he said, 2nd detonation is not justified

  • @aloy3892
    @aloy3892 10 місяців тому

    spike defused

  • @HouseofPrado
    @HouseofPrado 10 місяців тому

    Thank you to our SAF/ SPF!!

  • @pratikkadam8603
    @pratikkadam8603 10 місяців тому

    Is KraKatoa is used?

  • @gmichia
    @gmichia 10 місяців тому

    lol auntie tabao run-road for a 6-8 hr ordeal.

  • @sgtjyf01
    @sgtjyf01 10 місяців тому +11

    It's not a shaped charge. The animation shows a thermite charge. A shape charge is never going to be "low ordered".

    • @Raj-me4iy
      @Raj-me4iy 10 місяців тому +5

      Only you understood what you are saying. Don’t show off

    • @g.r.z.m.j7317
      @g.r.z.m.j7317 10 місяців тому +2

      Actually, the animation is correct and the explosive used is not termite.

    • @maybona
      @maybona 10 місяців тому +3

      ​@@Raj-me4iyhow is correcting "showing off", RAJ. clearly a bright one

    • @PrograError
      @PrograError 10 місяців тому +1

      @@maybona keyboard trolls abound mate. ignore, laugh, move off

  • @TrIpMo1981
    @TrIpMo1981 10 місяців тому

    lol everyone is in shock of a bomb. My home country this is a normal occurrence....

  • @TheHKDJNCM
    @TheHKDJNCM 10 місяців тому

    not safe enough! damages reported, you should have added a outer layer of non-newtonian fluid to absorb the blast wave.

  • @whitezdraco9969
    @whitezdraco9969 10 місяців тому

    Isn't it easier to use a fuel bladder filled with water a sand

    • @kingsponge6456
      @kingsponge6456 10 місяців тому +2

      U goona clean it up bro?

    • @westwoodly
      @westwoodly 10 місяців тому

      This is not Songkran, lah! Fill with water and shoot!

  • @xusmico187
    @xusmico187 2 місяці тому

    every one is an "operator" no more specialist

  • @SadisticFrog
    @SadisticFrog 10 місяців тому

    The courages SCDF units who helped us safely dispose of the bomb

    • @esket866
      @esket866 10 місяців тому

      SCDF what

  • @koosmangat
    @koosmangat 10 місяців тому

    Hey gimme back my bomb - Japan

  • @emmenualledelarux2059
    @emmenualledelarux2059 10 місяців тому

    another words the Ah Guan geng are sitting on time bomb now.... hahahaha

  • @King-rx4qf
    @King-rx4qf 10 місяців тому

    Why not use the bomb to make another bomb

  • @Hs5687
    @Hs5687 10 місяців тому +4

    The Threat of Overpaid, Overrated & “ Ownself Check Ownself “ SG Politicians much Bigger then occasional Unexploded Ammo ….. 😊

    • @PrograError
      @PrograError 10 місяців тому

      law need independent oversight we can't have a Jan 6 at here. (not that the Law even allow one to start tho...)

    • @Hs5687
      @Hs5687 10 місяців тому

      @@PrograError The Reason why We hardly hear of SG Scandals is bcz most are Covered- Up by PAP , Only Selected Ones are made Public . For Starters, SG does not hv an Ombudsman , No Whistleblower Protection, Let alone a Dedicated Constitutional Court nor Judges , hence leaving Scandals , even if known in hands of Obedient & Highly Paid Public Servants … Next SG is also Quick to Change Laws to suit which usually make it either easier to Explain things away or Difficult to Dig . Last but not least , the Reason why we not hear much about Major Scandals involving Sg & High Profile Sg Politicians is bcz Sg is heavily invested in Cyber Surveillance & Proxy espionage . ie. meaning there is pbly someone or some App Out there reading & collating All Posts , Texts , Comments etc to identify Trends & Threats &/ or plant honeypots etc …Think You get the idea …😊

  • @Ye80s
    @Ye80s 10 місяців тому

    Should ask compensation from the Japanese.

  • @jamesdivine69
    @jamesdivine69 10 місяців тому

    Why is there a video showing us how to detonated a bomb. Teach us how to change a tyre lah

    • @PrograError
      @PrograError 10 місяців тому

      tyre bomb lah, just over pressure can liao.

    • @jamesdivine69
      @jamesdivine69 10 місяців тому

      hahaha@@PrograError

  • @멸공의_횃불
    @멸공의_횃불 10 місяців тому +1

    I am surprised how numb singaporeans are to japanese atoricities and war crimes

    • @SeraphimFaith
      @SeraphimFaith 10 місяців тому +3

      dude for what keep harping about things that happened many years ago. then like China forever cannot let go meh.
      then become like those couple everytime fight then must bring up the stupid stuff from 10 years ago to fight over. then when end?

    • @멸공의_횃불
      @멸공의_횃불 10 місяців тому

      @@SeraphimFaith It's ppl like you who forget history, that repeat history

    • @SeraphimFaith
      @SeraphimFaith 10 місяців тому

      @@멸공의_횃불 that's the most stupid take I have ever heard, just because I remember China bullied Singapore by taking away Terrex's doesn't mean everyday need to say it.
      stop being a miserable piece of shit and do something more productive with your life than harping on old wounds lol. you sound like a sad and miserable person. sibei bo liao sia this type of people eat alr nothing to do then everyday kpkb then wonder why nobody want to friend them 😂

  • @ssss8162
    @ssss8162 10 місяців тому +1

    All thanks to the Japanese

  • @lyhthegreat
    @lyhthegreat 10 місяців тому +5

    should had sent this bomb safely back to japan instead.

    • @adventure_With_Dan
      @adventure_With_Dan 10 місяців тому

      I think better if SAF drop the bomb back to Japan. And start WWIII 😂

  • @zohanthecspro
    @zohanthecspro 10 місяців тому

    Narrated by Michelle Yeoh

  • @ktan3078
    @ktan3078 10 місяців тому

    😂

  • @jarrodyuki7081
    @jarrodyuki7081 10 місяців тому

    g4m

  • @user-xq1qp7sf7q
    @user-xq1qp7sf7q 10 місяців тому

    I'd assume over Hiroshima

  • @user-wi6ul5pj9m
    @user-wi6ul5pj9m 10 місяців тому

    Melebih lebih

  • @toho45
    @toho45 10 місяців тому +2

    Everything was so overkill 😂

  • @mimihackzhacks3494
    @mimihackzhacks3494 10 місяців тому

    WHY DOES NOBODY ASK .. WHO IS THIS APEK ACTUALLY???..

    • @jamesphang151
      @jamesphang151 10 місяців тому +1

      He is identified in the video description. But yeah they could have just put it as an overlay text on the video itself too.

    • @razerrashidz
      @razerrashidz 10 місяців тому

      0:37

  • @DeafRookielahs2
    @DeafRookielahs2 10 місяців тому +1

    Japan had a bomb missile hit Singapore in the 19th century.
    But now, the bomb missiles are disconnected and maybe spoiled inside the ground but something strange inside itself. Singaporeans must be scared very easily.
    I'm not sure if the bomb missile is not longer than a 10km radius can be louder.

    • @DeafRookielahs2
      @DeafRookielahs2 10 місяців тому

      Safe Singaporeans.. Be aware and leave the kinds of stuff with no one behind.

    • @DeafRookielahs2
      @DeafRookielahs2 10 місяців тому

      Seriously...

    • @MightyPooPSTEAM
      @MightyPooPSTEAM 10 місяців тому

      10km radius....u need a bomb with nuclear warhead la

    • @DeafRookielahs2
      @DeafRookielahs2 10 місяців тому

      longer than 10m*

    • @DeafRookielahs2
      @DeafRookielahs2 10 місяців тому

      Singaporeans like COD MW2.

  • @user-gd6tn9cr2x
    @user-gd6tn9cr2x 10 місяців тому

    what was the budget involved on the prep and bomb detonation… could have been directly given to the ones in need… 😊

  • @anziar3038
    @anziar3038 10 місяців тому

    The residents there are now safe. However, there are still many opposition party members being pursued by the police for criminal offences - pritam singh, charles yeo, lim tean, hsien yang, etc.

    • @LZYProductions
      @LZYProductions 10 місяців тому

      We don’t need any opposition because we have PAP

  • @HaidiHD
    @HaidiHD 10 місяців тому +1

    Overreacting over nothing. Typical

  • @KSKS-jh1fb
    @KSKS-jh1fb 10 місяців тому +1

    Just a small matter only and the pap party love to drama a lot.

    • @Vinod86876
      @Vinod86876 10 місяців тому +31

      This one also you want to drag politics in? Haiyyaaa..

    • @ghcheong
      @ghcheong 10 місяців тому +13

      Small matter ah? Cool... you go and detonate it lor.

    • @Koekie5616
      @Koekie5616 10 місяців тому +1

      Yaya sia

  • @Sirius-me5zy
    @Sirius-me5zy 10 місяців тому +1

    Just a small bomb ,act like big deal lol,evacuated so many people ,fkjng embarrassing

    • @imgonnaputsomedirtinureyedabs
      @imgonnaputsomedirtinureyedabs 10 місяців тому +6

      Embarrassing?? It’s a freaking bomb dude. Try having this right behind ur block

    • @eyhtwozed2606
      @eyhtwozed2606 10 місяців тому +4

      @Sirius-me5zy this one not bomb bag la. Of course must evacuate. Never know what this relic bomb radius can be

    • @yeoyeoninonino2243
      @yeoyeoninonino2243 10 місяців тому +3

      hello, a bomb even suppressed can cause damage to building if not taken seriously someone gets injured who is responsible, you?

    • @Sirius-me5zy
      @Sirius-me5zy 10 місяців тому

      @@yeoyeoninonino2243hello your head

    • @mamamememoo
      @mamamememoo 10 місяців тому

      Thank God you’re not in charge.

  • @Kratos863
    @Kratos863 10 місяців тому +2

    Dude its just an old piece of rusty metal, can we stop with this news???

    • @ryanma4826
      @ryanma4826 10 місяців тому +61

      just a piece of rusty metal that could potentially hurt or kill the people working there or even future residents. Old piece of rusty metal you help take out lah

    • @zephyrus3389
      @zephyrus3389 10 місяців тому

      ​@@ryanma4826it's call over reactive

    • @Youdunnome-zc8dd
      @Youdunnome-zc8dd 10 місяців тому +2

      Lol this action bedek commentor kena pwned.

    • @MichaelJackson_lisaBP
      @MichaelJackson_lisaBP 10 місяців тому +4

      Talk No action what an keyboard warrior 😶🙄

    • @AWY-LO
      @AWY-LO 10 місяців тому +4

      How shallow you are, looking things at the surface.