We’ve lost bombs on our own soil. Still haven't found them.
this post was submitted on 07 Apr 2025
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That's more than a little scary.
They’re called broken arrow incidents by the US government.
The Russians have a list as well.
The US has almost detonated a hydrogen bomb over the US state of Georgia. The plane had to ditch its bomb due to an engine issue, and all but one of the lockouts failed.
The Cold War was a nutty time, both sides had enough nuclear armed planes flying to decapitate the other side at a moments notice. Accidents were bound to happen.
There’s also been incidents on both sides where launch detection systems have falsely identified nuclear launches, and only the intervention of a few people prevented a retaliatory launch.
Nukes are stupid.
Shit, we accidentally dropped two on ourselves.
*so far
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Might wanna edit the noun into your post title!
Now we know who dropped the bombs.
Oops. Thanks.
Seems like they did this a lot. They also did this to Greenland a few years later
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Thule_Air_Base_B-52_crash
Meh, everybody gets a desk pop.
Spain just needs to say thank you /s
"Accidentally" Part of the palomares area is still contaminated by radiation
And that was definitely an oopsie, okay!? No need to keep throwing it in our faces.
Cue Steve Urkel saying, "Did I do that?"
america: oopsie poopsie!
We've lost so many nuclear bombs it isn't even funny
Also the current nukes are aging rapidly
What?! damn!
It is time for a return.