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Hungary hosts international training for military divers who salvage unexploded munitions

A Belgian military diver is getting ready to dive under the Danube River in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, during an international training exercise which prepares military divers to find and remove unexploded underwater ordnances. Hungary this year hosted the 10-day exercise for the second year in a row and provided the soldiers from Hungary, Germany, Belgium and Lithuania with hands-on training in a variety of environments, like facing the powerful current of the Danube River. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky) A Belgian military diver is getting ready to dive under the Danube River in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, during an international training exercise which prepares military divers to find and remove unexploded underwater ordnances. Hungary this year hosted the 10-day exercise for the second year in a row and provided the soldiers from Hungary, Germany, Belgium and Lithuania with hands-on training in a variety of environments, like facing the powerful current of the Danube River. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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Military divers from Belgium, Germany, Hungary and Lithuania have participated in an international training exercise in Budapest, Hungary, working in flooded underground mines, lakes and caves and in the rushing Danube River.

The training is to prepare them for a variety of scenarios, including recovery operations after a boat accident, rescues during a catastrophic flood, or finding and removing unexploded underwater ordnance following an armed conflict.

Learning to operate under such challenging conditions is especially important for when divers must deal with unexploded munitions in underwater environments.

Many munitions remain lodged in the Danube nearly 80 years after World War II. But it's also a problem in current conflict areas, like Ukraine.

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