Saturday, September 21, 2013

In 1961, the US almost detonated two nuclear bombs over North Carolina by accident





On January 23rd, 1961, the United States almost nuked itself by accident. On that day, according to a recently unclassified document obtained by The Guardian, the US Air Force mistakenly dropped a pair of hydrogen bombs over Goldsboro, North Carolina.



via Pocket http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/21/4755600/us-atomic-bomb-north-carolina-accident-1961

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