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Post war mines?

posted 9 years ago by sigggyfreud
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Just saw this movie on TCM and thought it better than the review it received in 2006. One puzzling point: I assume the war was over (Glenn Ford had been discharged from the Service and apparently had a post-war job); why was England sending naval mines to Portsmouth?

[–] whiskeyTango-06 9 years ago

many governments move munitions around in times of peace -- the US moves atomic weapons around though not currently involved in a nuclear war.

also, as part of the UN, these could have been related to the korean conflict at the time.