Posted on Jul 28, 2017
In 1961 Two Nuclear Bombs, each 250 Times the Power of the Hiroshima Nuclear Bomb, Were Dropped...
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I had heard of a lot of Broken Arrow incidents, but in ever heard of this one. Has anybody else?
In 1961 Two Nuclear Bombs, each 250 Times the Power of the Hiroshima Nuclear Bomb, Were Dropped...
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This is a recently Declassified report that was covered actually on CNN not that long ago
http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/12/us/north-carolina-nuclear-bomb-drop/index.html SGT (Join to see)
http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/12/us/north-carolina-nuclear-bomb-drop/index.html SGT (Join to see)
Report: Two nuclear bombs nearly detonated in North Carolina - CNN.com
A series of missteps prevented a nuclear disaster after two bombs accidentally dropped in North Carolina in 1961
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Reminds me of the 60s when the USAR had B52 crash I believe it was off the coast of Greece and it almost turned messy it took almost a month to locate them and the Russians almost tried get involved and tried to steal the nukes.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
As a SAC aircrew member we got all sorts of training on every accident involving special weapons. Could probably still give some of them off top of my head.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen - since this incident did you ever hear of another broken arrow incident?
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
There have been several. Think the last confirmed one was in the early 90s. One of the advantages of the end of the Cold War.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen - damn that's crazy I know that the collapse of the Soviet Union produced many national security concerns tracking of all of the Soviet union's nuclear materials was being one of them.
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The Air Force accidentally dropped a nuclear device on Mars Bluff, SC (outside of Florence,SC) in the 50s. The conventional explosives detonated BUT the warhead did not. It destroyed a house, killed a few animals, and spread radioactive material in the area. The military got to the area and secured it. The military then took away barrels of soil that was not "radioactive ". The family that lived in the house was never able to move back into their house.
There is a placard on the east side of US301 between Florence, SC and Francis Marion University that makes note of the incident.
There is a placard on the east side of US301 between Florence, SC and Francis Marion University that makes note of the incident.
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SGT (Join to see)
There are some outside the coast of Georgia that were dumped. I do not know if they have been found.
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SFC George Sease
I remember that some ( I think two) were lost off of the coast of Georgia and were not recovered.
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