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Recently, a bomb weighing 250 kg was recovered during a construction site at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. Construction workers found the bomb on the ground Wednesday while carrying out construction work at the airport’s third terminal. Later, he was rescued by the Bangladesh Air Force and taken into their custody. In a press release, ISPR said that the 250kg bomb was like a general purpose (GP) bomb.
After retrieving and defusing it at the scene, the Air Force Bomb Disposal Unit brought the bomb to Rasulpur Airport in Mymensingh. The bomb will be demolished there, ISPR said. The statement said the bomb was dropped during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. During the Liberation War, on December 3, the Bangladesh Air Force carried out the first air strikes against the Pakistani enemy forces in Dhaka and Chittagong. .
Captain Sahabuddin Ahmed participated in that attack. For his contribution to the liberation war, he obtained the title of Bir Uttam. Captain Ahmed said that the Indian Air Force carried out the attack on the main airports during the war because the Bangladesh Air Force did not yet have the capacity to attack the main airports. The Bangladesh Air Force used to attack relatively less secure bases outside the main airport. For example, in Narayanganj, near Dhaka, depots supplying fuel to the enemy were attacked by Bangladeshi forces. There was also a depot near the Chittagong airport that was also blown up.
The following morning, the Indian Air Force carried out airstrikes on the three main airports in Bangladesh, Dhaka, Chittagong and Jessore. That is why the bomb recovered from Dhaka airport was dropped by the Indian Air Force, he said. Captain Ahmed said: “The bomb may have been used in one of the attacks. The speed of our helicopter was 60 miles. The Atar plane had a top speed of 110 miles. It was very dangerous to attack them.
Former Indian Army Chief General Shankar Roy Chowdhury was commander of the Indian Army during the Bangladesh Liberation War. He also participated in the liberation war as an officer in the Indian army. He said the strategy of any war is to destroy the enemy’s air force and bases first so the infantry can advance. And this is exactly what was done during the liberation war. Among the targeted attacks against Pakistani forces during the Liberation War was the attack on the then Tejgaon airport. And the bomb being talked about appears to have come from that attack, General Shankar Roychowdhury.
Captain Sahabuddin Ahmed said that during the war, air strikes began on December 3 and continued until December 12. After that, there was no need for airstrikes, as there was no Pakistani Air Force left. In his words, “During that time, the Mukti Bahini and Indian forces surrounded Dhaka on all sides.” General Shankar Roy Chowdhury said that during the liberation war, Indian forces used mainly MiG-21 and Canberra aircraft.
Captain Sahabuddin said that bombs weighing 200 or 250 kg are dropped primarily for the purpose of destroying any facility or targeting any base for large-scale destruction. He said that if the bomb were dropped on the airport runway, huge treasure holes would be created there, rendering the runway completely useless. Due to which the enemy aircraft could not take off and land, originally this was the purpose of the attack on the airport.
So why didn’t the bomb explode? Captain Sahabuddin Ahmed said that whether a bomb dropped from the sky would explode depends on several factors. Whether or not the bomb explodes, in most cases, depends on the surface or where it is headed. If the bomb landed on concrete, it would explode immediately. And if it falls on soft ground or mud, it doesn’t explode. It penetrates mud or soil and can survive for many days.
Sahabuddin Ahmed added that there are still many bombs dropped during World War II, which remain unexploded. In this regard, former Indian army chief Shankar Roy Chowdhury said: “Basically, if a bomb falls on clay or wetland, it doesn’t explode.” Also, if the correct method of dropping the bomb is not followed or some kind of error remains in this case, the bomb does not explode very often. The bombing mechanism may not have worked. In some cases it is. Pump switches don’t work very often. But it is not intentional.
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