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AP 24.1121 Nuclear Weapons – Oops…. Did we accidentally drop a bomb? Or Two?

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Two nuclear bombs nearly detonated in North Carolina

Story highlights

  • Goldsboro – one of 32 pre-1980 accidents involving nukes
  • Weeks after Goldsboro, there was another close call in California
  • The weapons came alarmingly close to detonation
  • They were far more powerful than the bombs dropped in Japan

Declassified Report

(Posted June 12, 2014)

Department of Defense Narrative Summaries of Accidents Involving Nuclear Weapons 1950-1980

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