• Drusas@fedia.io
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    29 days ago

    World War II ordinances didn’t rely on batteries and so remain(ed) dangerous for far longer.

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      29 days ago

      These are still explosive. While the triggering mechanism may go bad after the battery dies, are the explosive chemicals neutralized? What happens on a shock to the device? For example, if it’s crushed by a vehicle or hit by a plow blade?

      I can grant that these are probably safer than yesteryear’s model, but I also think you are still setting up bobbytraps that are potentially dangerous for decades.