Missing for 50 years - US nuclear bomb

BBC ^ | 23 June 2009 | Gerry Northam

[Corin Stormhands]

No doubt it drifted to an island in the South Pacific where it was nicknamed “Jughead.”

[theDentist]

I am no expert on nuclear ordinance, but it seems to me that such a weapon MUST be emitting radiation. And certainly we have improved our radioactivity detection devices since that age. So shouldn’t such devices be brought to the area and a search begun anew?

[Edgar3]

No doubt it drifted to an island in the South Pacific where it was nicknamed “Jughead.”

Ha! you beat me too it. I wonder how many "LOSTies" are on here?

[BGHater]

Dunno.

Lot’s of Hurricanes, ebb and flow, have occured since then. It could be covered with so much sand that it would be impossible to find.

[Constitution Day]

Ha!

[Lurker]

I am no expert on nuclear ordinance, but it seems to me that such a weapon MUST be emitting radiation

Plutonium is an alpha emitter.

[driftdiver]

They know where it is. The problem is the radioactive part is surrounded with lots of high explosives. They could recover the radioactive part but if they trigger the explosives they kill people and spread the radioactive parts over a fairly big area. No danger from it actually triggering a nuclear explosion though.

[ArrogantBustard]

the nuclear weapon he might one day be instructed to drop to start World War III.

I just love the bias ...

[BGHater]

‘drop to start World War III.’

‘drop to Finish World War III.’

[PGR88]

If it was only a training mission and didn’t have its nuclear trigger, what is the point of carrying it besides the weight. For that they could have carried a 7600 lb steel or lead weight....

[Tijeras_Slim]

Devices of this era didn’t have insensitive HE, and a number of incidents occured where in crashes the explosives cooked off killing fire crews.

Just leave the thing where it is.

[OB1kNOb]

So that explains Godzirra.

[Cold Heart]

There was a TV special about the recent hunt for the bomb.
It’s a private organization looking for the bomb. Kind of like Moster Quest only it’s a bomb quest.

[SeeSharp]

From the article...

Colonel Richardson is adamant that it is incapable of a nuclear explosion because it lacks the vital plutonium trigger.

So technically it wasn't even a nuclear weapon when it was lost. It won't be emitting any radiation either.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

I’m one of those LOSTies....didn’t they detonate this bomb on the last episode this season in order to try and change the space / time continuim?

[ArrogantBustard]

The anti-American hate is just instinctive with the MSM, whether here or in UK.

[rottndog]

You’d have to be real close to be able to detect any radiation emitted...Probably within 20-25 feet. The water surrounding the bomb would attenuate all the radiation beyond that point. And if the bomb has silted over to any significant amount, forget it—something that heavy probably buried itself at least halfway in the seabed anyway.

[Rodebrecht]

No. I want it!

[Islander7]

It is safe and sound in a warehouse just outside Moscow.