Yeah. It literally says right below that portion you pasted that several authors dispute that claim based on declassified reports of the recovered weapon: They

Yeah. It literally says right below that portion you pasted that several authors dispute that claim based on declassified reports of the recovered weapon: They point out that: - "the arm-ready switch was in the safe position, the high-voltage battery was not activated (which would preclude the charging of the firing circuit and neutron generator necessary for detonation)" - "the Rotary Safing Switch was destroyed, preventing energisation of the X-Unit (which controlled the firing capacitors)" - "The tritium reservoir used for fusion boosting was also full and had not been injected into the weapon primary. This would have resulted in a significantly reduced primary yield and would not have ignited the weapon's fusion secondary stage" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash#Later_analysis_of_weapons_recovery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash#Late...