A photo open source atlantic coast united The states were nearly destroyed by a hydrogen bomb explosion. Catastrophe a bomber carrying hydrogen bombs almost led to a nuclear disaster in the United States. About it, as The Guardian, declassified Pentagon documents testify. The incident occurred on January 23, 1961. B-52 bomber aboard which were two hydrogen bombs “Mark-39” with a capacity of 4 megatons took off from the Seymour Johnson base in North Carolina near Goldsboro to complete a scheduled flight to The Atlantic. During refueling in the air, the plane damaged the wing, after which it literally fell apart, losing both nuclear charges. Five of the eight crew members managed to jump with a parachute. One of bombs fell on a meadow near the village of Faro, and another led yourself as it happens in combat use. Nuclear the charge opened the parachute, and the triggers triggered, which should have put the bomb in action. Nuclear explosion prevented just one low voltage switch. The report prepared by the results of the investigation into the emergency in 1969, it was said that the bomb, which was 260 times more powerful than the one that was dropped on Hiroshima did not work three of the four built-in defense mechanisms, and one of them even sent an impulse to detonate the charge. If there was an explosion, in the affected area would be cities like Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and even New York. Millions of lives were at stake noted in the report. Bombs “Mark-39”, as experts have established, were not sufficiently protected from accidental detonation. In 1966 they were withdrawn from service. The incident occurred just three days after inauguration for a second term of US President John F. Kennedy. Wherein the US government has until recently denied that the disaster in Goldsboro was a nuclear hazard. Disaster Materials 1961 discovered journalist Eric Schlosser, who is preparing a book about nuclear arms race. In general, he calculated that in 1950-1968. at least 700 “significant” accidents and incidents occurred related to nuclear weapons.
Victor POSPELOV
USA
