Public asked how to recover dumped munitions in Swiss lakes

Authorities have launched a public competition for the best ideas for safely removing old ammunition from Swiss lakes

For decades, thousands of tonnes of old ammunition have lain dormant at the bottom of Swiss Alpine lakes. The government has now launched a competition for ideas on how to safely remove it. From 1918 to 1964, the army dumped over 12,000 tonnes of unused materiel into the lakes of Thun, Lucerne and B... More info