Yahoo News Unexploded bomb found at airfield set to be lorry park in the event of a no-deal Brexit
An unexploded wartime bomb has been found on a disused airfield that is due to become a lorry park in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
Police and army bomb disposal experts were called to Manston Airport after reports that the bomb had been discovered on Thursday.
Officers decided that as there was “no immediate threat to life”, the device would be detonated over the next few days.
The disused airfield at Manston, near Ramsgate, is due to be used as a giant holding bay for lorries in the event of a no-deal Brexit to prevent traffic jams around ferry ports in an operation dubbed Operation Brock.
In January a test of the site and how it would work was branded pointless and a “farce” after just 89 lorries took part.
But officials insisted the test run was a success and the numbers involved were “sufficient” to test the logistics of the plan.
The idea could work alongside Operation Stack which sees lorries queuing alongside the M20.
