Experts Confirm MK-84 Bomb Found in Oddar Meanchey Was Manufactured in 1996, Refuting 1970s War-Era Claims
Experts Confirm MK-84 Bomb Found in Oddar Meanchey Was Manufactured in 1996, Refuting 1970s War-Era Claims
Experts Confirm MK-84 Bomb Found in Oddar Meanchey Was Manufactured in 1996, Refuting 1970s War-Era Claims
Oddar Meanchey, August 4, 2025 — According to the post on the formal Facebook Page of the Director General of CMAC, H.E. Heng Ratana, published a moment ago, a joint team of bomb disposal experts from the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC), Golden West Humanitarian Foundation, and the Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) conducted an on-site technical assessment today of an unexploded MK-84 bomb discovered in Tmordaun Village, Kokmoun Commune, Banteay Ampil District, Oddar Meanchey Province.
The site inspection revealed that the bomb in question is a U.S.-manufactured MK-84 was produced in 1996 with Lot No. IMI96GO15-11. This identification was corroborated by Mr. Len Austin, Resident Representative of the Golden West Humanitarian Foundation in Cambodia and a former U.S. Marine Corps Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) expert.
Based on the clearly marked manufacturing data, the expert team confirmed that the MK-84 in question could not have originated from the U.S. aerial bombardments that occurred during the Indochina conflict period between 1970 and 1973. The bomb’s 1996 production date definitively refutes any claim that it is a remnant of that historical era.
Authorities have reiterated that this finding should help clarify misconceptions and support accurate historical and technical understanding regarding unexploded ordnance found in Cambodia’s border regions.
