One-Ton Bombs from Budafok

Abstract

In October 2018, two reports regarding suspected explosive devices were received by the Hungarian Defence Forces’ EOD Duty Office from Budafok-Tétény, the 22nd district of Budapest. In itself, this did not significantly differ from the unit’s routine tasks, considering the mission of the HDF 1st EOD and Riverine Guard Regiment. However, given the environment in which these devices were discovered – and knowing that both explosive devices, found just two days apart in the Danube river, weighed nearly one ton each – it is easy to see how complex the planning, coordination, and execution of such an extraordinary underwater bomb disposal operation must have been.