r/AskEurope • u/Silver_Artichoke_456 • Feb 26 '25

Culture What's your country's worst kept secret?

In Belgium for instance, everyone knows there are nuclear bombs at the Kleine Brogel airbase, but it's still officially a secret.

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u/Kerking18 Germany Feb 26 '25

Germany

If i am not mistaken the nuklear landmines we have are tecnicaly a secret that everyone knows about.

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u/Kallikantzari Feb 26 '25

From Wikipedia:

Atomic demolition munitions (ADMs), colloquially known as nuclear land mines, are small nuclear explosive devices. ADMs were developed for both military and civilian purposes.

For what civilian purposes??

Where, as a civilian, can I buy them?

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u/Eternal__damnation 🇵🇱 & 🇬🇧 Feb 26 '25

Going of recently what happened in Poland, you should try Ikea.

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u/Unique-Throat-4822 Feb 28 '25

All I could find out is that 240 anti tank mines where found in an IKEA warehouse. And 4 military personal are likely to be tried for it, resulting possibly in years of incarnation.
Is the reason known for why this happened? Did they simply screwed up, or were they trying to sell those mines on the black market?