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To be clear, the explosives aboard are TNT, which is extremely stable and very likely to remain potent. There has been no study of the affect of the conditions
by closewith 3y ago
To be clear, the explosives aboard are TNT, which is extremely stable and very likely to remain potent. There has been no study of the affect of the conditions aboard on the degradation of TNT.
However, if the bombs were shipped fuzed (which is not known as the records do not include that data), the fuzes are now likely inert. It significantly reduces the danger of a spontaneous explosion, but does not reduce the power of the explosives should a detonation occur.
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