Ordnance

The Montenegrin Defence Ministry and NATO will soon begin a 15-month programme to destroy 416 tonnes of surplus ammunition and explosives, in an attempt to solve one of the biggest security challenges in the country, the ministry said on Tuesday.

"Large amount" of unexploded ordnance in Serbia's big rivers

BELGRADE -- A large number of unexploded missiles and bombs have been lying in Sava and Danube rivers since NATO's 1999 aggression against Yugoslavia (SRJ).

JAGODINA - A large number of unexploded missiles and bombs have been lying in the Sava and the Danube since NATO's bombing campaign against Yugoslavia in the 1999 and surveys of other waterways suspected of pollution from various types of explosives are under way, head of Serbia's Mine Action Centre Branislav Jovanovic has told Tanjug.

SABAC - A total of 18 artillery shells left over from World War II were uncovered Monday in the village of Bela Reka near Sabac, western Serbia.

Special teams of the Serbian Interior Ministry (MUP) emergency situations department have been sent to the village and will continue to comb the area for more unexploded ordnance.

Hazards such as unexploded landmines left from the 1992-95 war and hidden weapons that people have stored since the conflict ended have started emerging in Bosnia as a result of the flood disaster.