"I made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs."
"Isn't a parsec a unit of distance, not time?"
"Um....shut up!"
Posted on 06/17/2014 8:39:43 PM PDT by QT3.14
A newly-declassified report reveals that two nuclear bombs accidentally dropped in North Carolina were much closer to detonation than previously reported.
On January 21, 1961 a B-52 bomber went into a tailspin, breaking apart mid-flight over Goldsboro, N.C. The plane was carrying two nuclear bombs, both of which were pushed into free-fall. The parachute for one of the bombs was safely deployed, but the other continued to plummet.
It had been previously believed that, though nerve-racking, the incident was not nearly as dangerous as it sounded as neither bomb was armed. But documents released Thursday by the National Security Archive reveal that the bomb that was in free-fall was in fact armed, and only failed to detonate due to a technical malfunction.
(Excerpt) Read more at military.com ...
thank you
“what powerful entity is pushing....?”
The KGB/DNC Axis of Evil.
"I made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs."
"Isn't a parsec a unit of distance, not time?"
"Um....shut up!"
Han...Solo...?
I’m verklempt.
As far as I know, the airborne alert flights continued until about 1965, ending shortly after the refueling midair collision near Palomares, Spain.
Thanks for the info !
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