How can they unscrew the fuse from a WW2 bomb that was rotting under the ground or in water for 80 years, when you may have to use brutal force, heat, etc to remove bolts from a 10-year-old car (and the bolt will snap anyway)?

Question

I would expect that you wouldn’t be able to loosen anything on an old, rusty bomb, especially that it is so unstable and can go off anytime.

In: 1985

Answer 1

[I’ll just leave this here.](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/51235/page/1495/data.pdf)

They drilled it out. The fuse had been assembled in a vacuum and there was a loud crack as the drill broke through and air rushed in, a “brown trouser moment”. I believe the bomb disposal officer later died of cancer.