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The bomb-hunters that the author tags along with are, so far, unexploded. Both meanings work nicely in this context.

the use of an en-dash rather than a regular hyphen implies that these unexploded hunters are in particular looking for unexploded bombs

see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En-dash#Attributive_compounds

Bless you for being a rare person who understands the semantics of such things. For too long passenger carrying airplanes has struggled under such a weight.

I came here to say this. I'll make do by seconding this motion.

I suppose tagging along with an exploded bomb-hunter is generally only applicable in the past tense.

> The title suggests that it's the bomb-hunters that are unexploded.

They're the good bomb-hunters, then.

Or just bad at the hunting part.

Hah, I'll give you that possibility.

I'd imagine tagging along with the exploded ones to be either dull or impossible.

Obligatory

https://xkcd.com/37/