Friday, April 5, 2013

Some More on the Big US "Oops!": Two Nuclear Bombs Come Down in Wayne County, NC-- Part 2

The plane literally broke apart and there was wreckage spread over a two square mile area near Goldsboro.

The two nuclear bombs separated from the plane as it broke up.  Five of the six arming mechanisms on one activated, causing it to take steps to arm itself.  It parachuted to the ground.  See picture.

The second hit a muddy field at around 700 miles per hour and essentially disintegrated.  Its tail was discovered 20 feet deep.  Efforts to get its uranium out failed and it was left where it was (which is very disconcerting).

Each bomb possessed 250 times more destructive power than the Hiroshima bomb and an effective kill zone of 17 miles.

On July 2012, a North Carolina historical marker was erected at the town of Eureka, 3 miles north of the crash site.  The title on the sign?  "Nuclear Mishap."

Like I Said, "Oops!"  --DaCoot

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