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Agreed 100%: 1958 Mars Bluff B-47 nuclear weapon loss incident: HE component detonated on impact. Warhead did not. 1956 Lakenheath B-47 accident A USAF B-
by dfsegoat 10y ago
Agreed 100%:
1958 Mars Bluff B-47 nuclear weapon loss incident:
HE component detonated on impact. Warhead did not.
1956 Lakenheath B-47 accident
A USAF B-47 crashed into a storage igloo spreading burning fuel over three Mark 6 nuclear bombs at RAF Lakenheath.
... and so on. These things are built to sit in pools of burning fuel.
(and yes, i have read the book)
- mikeash 10y agoNote that your two examples didn't involve any nuclear material, as the fissile cores were kept separately and weren't installed in the bombs at the time.
- dfsegoat 10y agoYes - a very good point. Thanks for noting that - I didn't have time to go back through the list and obviously omitted the Palomares incident.