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RI waters still littered with WWII mines
The Indonesian Navy revealed on Thursday that Indonesiaâs seas still contained many mines dating from the Second World War, a lot of them still active
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he Indonesian Navy revealed on Thursday that Indonesia's seas still contained many mines dating from the Second World War, a lot of them still active.
'We still have many sea mines. We will clear the mines if there is a plan to build a new port or a water installation under the sea,' Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Ade Supandi told The Jakarta Post.
Ade said that the government had issued a map of the mines' locations so that sea-goers could avoid them.
During World War II, Japan planted around 50,000 sea mines across the Pacific Ocean, including in Indonesia waters.
Today, thousands of sea mines, which are already more than 50 years old, are scattered around Indonesia, including in Pulau Laut, Kotabaru off South Kalimantan, Kao Bay Halmahera off North Maluku and several areas in the northern part of the Java Sea. (nfo)(+++)
