Nuclear bomb possibly found (Unarmed Device dropped in ocean off Georgia during Cold War)

CNN ^ | 9/13/04 | CNN

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Device dropped in ocean off Georgia during Cold War WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Government experts are investigating a claim that an unarmed nuclear bomb, lost off the Georgia coast at the height of the Cold War, might have been found, an Air Force spokesman said Monday.

The hydrogen bomb was lost in the Atlantic Ocean in 1958 following a collision of a B-47 bomber and an F-86 fighter.

A group led by retired Air Force Lt. Col. Derek Duke of Statesboro, Georgia, said in July that it had found a large object underwater near Savannah that was emitting high levels of radioactivity, according to an Associated Press report.

...... Smolinsky said if the bomb were found, a decision would have to be made about whether to try to recover it or leave it where it is. .....

The 7,600-pound, 12-foot-long thermonuclear bomb contained 400 pounds of high explosives as well as uranium.

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The United States lost 11 nuclear bombs in accidents during the Cold War that were never recovered, according to the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank.

An estimated 50 nuclear warheads, most of them from the former Soviet Union, still lie on the bottom of the world's oceans, according to the environmental group Greenpeace. ......

[Robert A Cook PE]

Little bit more technical, but, that's what google is for.
"Literature
Dynamite (3 syl.). An explosive compound consisting of some absorbent (as infusorial earth) saturated with nitroglycerine. (Greek, dunamis, power.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. Military & Defense
An industrial explosive which is detonated by blasting caps. Source: European Union. (references) Mining
A. An industrial explosive that is detonated by blasting caps. The principal explosive ingredient is nitroglycerin. Diethyleneglycol dinitrate, which is also explosive, is often added as a freezing-point depressant. A dope, such as wood pulp, and an antacid, such as calcium carbonate, are also essential. See also:blasting gelatin such as ammonium nitrate, and fuels, such as vegetable fiber, are usually added.
b. A general term for detonable explosives in which the principal constituent, nitroglycerin, is contained within an absorbent substance. "Detonable" is a significant part of the definition since there are compositions that contain significant amounts of nitroglycerin but that are not detonable and are not considered to be dynamite.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Yeppers, he's right.

There's a difference between TNT and nitro ..

Pajama-clad amateurs at work!