Lost Nuke

[moparcanuck]

True story of a lost B36 (largest bomber ever built) carrying a nuclear weapon that crashed in Canada in 1950. The first Broken Arrow in history:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piDEE80nfgo

 

[Photon440]

Well that was interesting. And long...so now it's bed time.

Even more interesting because I live in BC where it took place....

 

[Bruzilla]

There's still a nuclear weapon sitting in the muck off Georgia that was lost way back when and still hasn't been found.

 

[99ss]

Yep^^^^... They keep checking for radiation to try and find it

 

[snakeyes]

thanks watched the whole thing very interesting , and thats not the only one either.:thinker:

 

[Budnicks]

pretty cool documentary... watched it a while ago, interesting for sure, the one lost in Georgia still hasn't been found either... "it's pretty bad, if it happens so often, you have a name for it" to quote the movie Broken Arrow

 

[super-bee_ski]

Hmm,
A "Broken Arrow" is the term used.
I'm pretty sure the Canada incident Nuke was recovered.
But, the So Carloina/Georgia? incident Nuke has not been found.
B-47 crew, major in flight emergencey (IFE) and the Dash 1 (Flight Check-list manual) mandated to "drop weight" which meant the "package"

Being a 8,000 Lb MK15 weapon, the casing is Non-ferrous (Alloy) and has been undetectable to magnometers/Ground Penetrating RADAR and other types of detecting equip.


"We" have had numerous other "Broken Arrows"
Chronological order:
1. May 22, 1957: Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico
2. February 5, 1958: Savannah River, Georgia
3. March 11, 1958: Florence, South Carolina
4. November 4, 1958: Dyess Air Force Base, Texas
5. January 24, 1961: Goldsboro, North Carolina
6. March 14, 1961: Yuba City, California
7. January 17, 1966: Palomares, Spain (One of my Air Force "Buds" was an Airman at the timewas tasked (with others) to walk in a "grid-pattern" for acres & acres in Spain picking up debris. Later in life he had 27 tumors removed from his body...He is living in Nevada today)
8. January 21, 1968: Thule Air Force Base, Greenland (I think the Thule Greenland one fell thru the ice, it was a B-52 crash incident)

 

[Budnicks]

Broken Arrow, wow 8 times now, that's incredible or maybe irresponsible, is more like............ Ski, I never heard of the one in 1961, Yuba City Ca., can you elaborate some, was it a mishap @ Beale AFB or something ??

 

[Photon440]

Eight events? Maybe more. Here's a list of 32 of them:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/ops/broken-arrow.htm

 

[Budnicks]

Eight events? Maybe more. Here's a list of 32 of them:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/ops/broken-arrow.htm

wow 32 that's even much scarier... I saved that link & I will read it later... yeah if they actually "admitting to 32", then there're more for sure... :headbang: