Broken Arrow
Jul. 15th, 2005 11:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
saint_monkeyApproximate locations of unexploded, unrecovered nuclear devices within the United States
Tybee Island, Savannah Georgia This bomb is an MK15 mod 0 1.5 to 3.8 megaton yield.
Faro, North Carolina, 12 Miles North of Goldsboro North Carolina, cow pasture at the crossroads. This bomb is most likely a MK39, 2 to 2.5 megaton yield.
Off the Coast of Atlantic City, New Jersey (x2)
The Government has made no further Broken Arrow reports involving weapon loss public since 1980. I'm not sure if this means that there have not been any, or if they've decided not to tell us about them anymore.
Tybee Island, Savannah Georgia This bomb is an MK15 mod 0 1.5 to 3.8 megaton yield.
In February 1958, a B-47 bomber had a midair collision with a jet fighter southeast of Savannah and had to jettison the bomb in order to land safely. It was dumped somewhere along the southern shore of uninhabited Little Tybee Island. After a cursory search failed to reveal its whereabouts, the military threw up its hands and abandoned the search.
Faro, North Carolina, 12 Miles North of Goldsboro North Carolina, cow pasture at the crossroads. This bomb is most likely a MK39, 2 to 2.5 megaton yield.
(Jan 24th, 1961) During a B-52 airborne alert mission structural failure of the right wing resulted in two weapons separating from the aircraft during aircraft breakup at 2,000 - 10,000 feet altitude. One bomb parachute deployed and the weapon received little impact damage. The other bomb fell free and broke apart upon impact. No explosion occurred. Five of the eight crew members survived. A portion of one weapon, containing uranium, could not be recovered despite excavation in the waterlogged farmland to a depth of 50 feet. The Air Force subsequently purchased an easement requiring permission for anyone to dig there.
Off the Coast of Atlantic City, New Jersey (x2)
July, 1957, records aren't quite clear if it was the night of the 28th or 29th, an Air Force C-124 cargo plane experiencing mechanical difficulties was forced to dump two nukes off the coast of Atlantic City, New Jersey, one 50 miles out, the other 75 miles.
The Government has made no further Broken Arrow reports involving weapon loss public since 1980. I'm not sure if this means that there have not been any, or if they've decided not to tell us about them anymore.
