Latest Thai bomb discoveries ‘manufactured in 2023’
- Cambodia Embassy in Bulgaria
- Aug 2, 2025
- 1 min read
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) has uncovered fragments from two MK-82 bombs that were dropped from Thai F-16 aircraft. Manufactured in 2023, they were equipped with the GBU-12 Paveway II guidance system, produced in Israel.
CMAC general director Heng Ratana said today, August 2, that the parts provided evidence that a temple in Oddar Meanchey province was targeted by air strikes.
He explained that CMAC operators discovered the remains of the two bombs at Ta Moan Senchey pagoda, in Ta Ham village of Banteay Ampil district’s Kok Mon commune.
The MK-82 bombs, weighing approximately 250 kilogrammes, were fitted with a new-generation guidance device from Israel, the GBU-12 Paveway II.
He said the two guidance systems, produced in January 2023, bear the serial numbers 22002788 and 22002794.
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