US nearly detonated nuke on its own soil
The bomb that nearly exploded over North Carolina
was 260 times more powerful than the US bomb which
devasted Hiroshima in 1945.
The US Air Force nearly detonated an atomic bomb over North Carolina that could have killed millions of people in the country, a secret document has revealed. ● On January 23, 1961, the US Air Force accidentally dropped two Mark 39 hydrogen bombs over Goldsboro, North Carolina. The bombs fell to earth after they became separated from a B-52 bomber, which went into a tailspin in mid-air, The Guardian reported based on a secret document obtained by investigative journalist Eric Schlosser under the Freedom of Information Act. One of the bombs, which was designed to be used in warfare, acted exactly as a nuclear weapon when its parachute opened and its trigger mechanisms engaged. However, one low-voltage switch, which failed to flip, prevented millions of Americans from being killed.
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