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Thursday, May 23, 2013

NUCLEAR ISSUES -
 

LIST OF NUKES LOST SOMEWHERE

 

 


Based on the book  A Short History of Nuclear Folly by Rudolph Herzog, Business Insider has posted an interactive map to locate the "Broken Arrows", a term used for lost nukes, and accidents involving nuclear weapons or nuclear material.
 
Example:  Date: November 10, 1950 - Location: Quebec, Canada
A B-50 jettisoned a Mark 4 bomb over the St. Lawrence River near Riviere-du-Loup, about 300 miles northeast of Montreal. The weapon’s HE [high explosive] detonated on impact. Although lacking its essential plutonium core, the explosion did scatter nearly 100 pounds (45 kg) of uranium. The plane later landed safely at a U.S. Air Force base in Maine.
 
Example:  Date: March 10, 1956 - Location: Exact Location Unknown
Carrying two nuclear capsules on a nonstop flight from MacDill Air Force Base near Tampa, Florida to an overseas base, a B-47 was reported missing. It failed to make contact with a tanker over the Mediterranean for a second refueling. No trace was ever found of the plane.


READ MORE
: http://www.businessinsider.com/list-of-broken-arrow-nuclear-accidents-2013-5

These are the ones we know about. There are countless other nukes that may have been stolen or ilegally sold during the breakup of the Soviet empire and that are laying around somewhere.
 
The truth is that it is a miracle that there hasn't been a major nuclear attack yet, considering the carelessness of their owners, and the number of people who would like to make a "nuclear statement" to the world.  The "Dancing on the Titanic" metaphor never seemed more apt.
 
Recently the US Air Force removed 17 nuclear officers from authority at nuclear silos because of issues of discipline and incompetency. - http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/2013/05/nuclear-news-us-air-force-removes-17.html
 
More articles on the nuclear issue  - http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/search/label/Nuclear
 

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